The Lord Reigns: A Theological Handbook to the Psalms

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Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 1994 - Religion - 159 pages

James Mays convincingly argues that the declaration "The Lord reigns" is not only a statement of faith but a statement of a particular worldview: that is, there is a God, and all of reality can be understood only in terms of God and God's sovereignty. By addressing the importance of the language associated with the reign of God as expressed in the Psalms, The Lord Reigns offers a way to better understand the relationship between God and creation.

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Contents

Prayers of Need Gratitude and Trust
23
The Benefits of Psalmic Prayer
40
The Threefold Hermeneutics
46
An Interpretation of Psalm 13
55
David as Psalmist and Messiah
85
The Portrayal of the Messiah in the Psalms
99
An Interpretation of Psalm 2
108
The Psalms as Book and Scripture
117
The Place of the Torah Psalms in the Psalter
128
Psalm 118 in the Light of Canonical Analysis
136
Notes
147
Bibliographical Postscript
155
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