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Psalms Now

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After using Psalms Now in Bible study for litergical prayer I decided to try it in a Contemporary Christian Worship setting. The response was phenomenal. Whether it is used as a basis for prayer or in a traditional liturgical style it is a very helpful book to bring the psalmists words to life!

I've been using Psalms Now along with my daily Bible reading, and the prayers and praises to God written 2000 years ago become even more meaningful with Leslie Brandt's paraphrases. He has encouraged me to personalize the individual Psalms in my own journaling, and that's brought my worship time; my focus on praising God; and my accountability to live a life of obedience to God to a whole new level. Thank you Mr. Brandt!

Great book for reading Psalms in our times. It uses words and phrases which make some of them very pertinent to today. If read in conjunction with reading the same verses in the Bible, it opens up new thoughts. Especially the 23rd Psalm.

I originally found out about this book when a church member came to the hospital to see me. She read Psalm 23 to my husband and I and we really enjoyed it. This book is written in what I call "today's language". Easy to understand. I highly recommend it.

I've been a Christian for a long time and saw this book in a Goodwill store yesterday. I will never be sorry I purchased it. It's hard to put down. I want to buy a copy for all my close friends. Leslie's ability to put the Psalms in today's language is a gift indeed! It is a treasure to own this book. I'm glad it's still in print because I feel that God will continue to use it to bring glory to His name.

Excellent and refreshing look at Psalms..I have purchased 8 of these for gifts. The interpretaions are so applicable to today's life situations....

Brandt continues to rewrite and renew his view of the Psalms, God's songbook. It will give the reader a chance to rediscover what grabbed you the first time you read a Psalm and knew God was speaking.

I have had the chance to use the book with junior high and high school students and I have seen it provoke thought. This last purchase of a dozen copies were for graduation gifts for the seniors at my church. The book makes a wonderful gift for young people that seek spiritual transfomation through the Word.

Oh my. I LOVE this book! Everyone should own one. I'm not even hardly started it and I have trouble putting it down. It's like modern day poems made from the Psalms and they all hit home, just like the Psalms in the original do. As I was reading, I was making a mental note of who I was going to give one for Christmas.

Great little take along Psalms. Fresh reading and great for meditations to start group meetings. Handy to have and use often.

It is Psalms written as poems in everyday language. It is the beauty of the Biblical written understandably as today.