Psalms Prayer Book Bible
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Author: Dietrich BonhoefferTranslator: James H. Burtness
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1974-01
ISBN: 0806614390
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Book Review: Helps us begin praying with the Psalms
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very small book. It is too small to be a commentary on the Psalms. It is also too small to provide an adequate introduction to the Psalms.
Nevertheless, I think it sufficiently accomplishes its purpose. It helps us to begin praying with the Psalms. Prudence must be exercised here because no book can actually teach us how to do this. We learn in the doing. The book does give us good reason for beginning to do this. It gives the reader insights into the reality of what is actually happening when we do this, for instance, "The Christian will find scarcely any difficulty in the praying of these Psalms. However, the question could arise as to how one is to think about the fact that Christ also prays these Psalms with us."
The Master, Bonhoeffer also gives us situations wherein we can find prayerful help in praying the Psalms. The following are a sampling:
SUFFERING: The Psalter gives us ample instruction in how to come before God in a proper way, bearing the frequent suffering which this world brings upon us.... They do not deny it or try to deceive us about it with pious words.... Because it happens with God's will, indeed because God knows it completely and knows it better than we ourselves, only God can help."
GUILT: "There is such a thing as the confident leaving behind of sin for the sake of Jesus Christ."
THE END: "... the Psalms request fellowship with God in earthly life, but they know that this fellowship is not completed in earthly life but continues beyond it, even stands in opposition to it."
In these situations, Bonhoeffer points us to the Psalms most useful to us, for instance the Psalms of Lamentation.
It's a very small book worth the read.
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