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Psalms Volume 1

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The commentaries of NIVAC series offer three steps for Biblical text application:
1. Original meaning. There author gives some elements of exegesis and original language.
2. Bridging contexts. There author connects Biblical context with contemporary context.
3. Contemporary significance. In this section author tries to find application of Biblical message for contemporary issues and problems.
These three steps are applied for each Psalm.
This is not an expostory or critical commentary. If somebody is looking for deeper grammatical analisis or critical issues of the Biblical text, he must find another commentary.
I expected to find there application of Psalms for contemporary issues. Partly my expectations are fulfilled. There author gives some great ideas, but some - are weak. Nevertheless I give five stars because each idea for application may be a beginning for discussion and this is important for preparation of Bible lessons and/or sermons.

This is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the first part of the Book of Psalms. It allows the reader to understand the background and reasons behind each chapter, and gives a practical application. The way Wilson writes easily translates into writing sermons, allowing the applications to bridge the thousands of years since they were written. The second part of this comentray is eagerly awaited.

This is a fantastic commentary! I have been enjoying the insight into the Psalms for the past few months, and Gerald Wilson has been a great help. I'm a Bible college student right now and it is easy for the Bible to become just a textbook, for me to lose my deep love for Scripture. Without compromising the message of the Psalms, this commentary is encouraging and trustworthy. Wilson does a lot of focus on the message of each Psalm, plus some word help for those of us who don't know Hebrew (yet). The three sections of NIV Application Commentary are Original Meaning, Bridging Contexts, and Contemporary Significance, but Wilson's commentary definitely focuses on the original meaning section, and each of those is at least five times as large as every other section. It is a shame there won't be a part II from Wilson, who passed away just a few years back and before completing the second section.

This commentary is worth the money and shelf space. It will encourage you and enlighten you about the meaning of the Psalms; Wilson even gets personal sometimes and recognizes his own struggles and battles in which Psalms have helped him (e.g. Psalm 9-10).

:) Enjoy

I used this volume for personal study of one psalm per day.

Mr. Wilson's book gave me better insight into the historical connotation of Hebrew words (for example the ideas of justice, righteousness, vindication, deliverance...) with the benefit of practical application; the significance of the psalms to the pre-New Testament generations; and a sense to the order and grouping of the psalms that was not apparent to me.

Great study. I highly recommend it.