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Excerpt from The Psalter: With Introduction and Commentary From the Teacher's Prayer Book
The main purpose of this Introduction - as prefatory to the special annotations on each Psalm - is to examine the general character, style, and structure of the Psalter, especially in relation to its use in the Service of the Church in all ages.
(I.) The Peculiar Characteristics of the Psalms. - The Psalms occupy a peculiar position in Holy Scripture. This peculiarity was indicated by the ancient Jewish division of the Old Testament (see Luke xxiv. 44) into "the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms" For in "the Law and the Prophets" we have the Word of God to man; in the History reciting for man's knowledge and admonition the record of His creation and government of the world; in the Law and Prophecy, revealing to man His Will, and through His Will something of His Nature. But in "the Psalms" - primarily in the Psalter itself, and to some extent in the other Books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles) included with it in the Jewish division - we have the answer of the human soul under the inspiration of God to the Divine Message. Most often that answer is of the nature of simple Adoration, whether in Confession and Prayer, or in Praise and Thanksgiving; sometimes of meditation and reflection on God's Word, or on His works in Nature and History; sometimes even of enquiry and remonstrance, when such meditation has brought home to the soul the sense of perplexity and mystery in God's dealings with man.
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