--- title: "6 Psalms Quotes By N.T. Wright" description: "6 Psalms quotes by N.T. Wright. Plus more from N.T. Wright and more Psalms sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/n-t-wright-1173_emotions_to-recognize-that-the-psalms-call-us-to_131021.png" --- > [“To recognize that the Psalms call us to pray and sing at the intersections of the times--of our time and God's time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/to-recognize-that-the-psalms-call-us-to-pray-and-sing-at-the/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/n-t-wright-1173_emotions_to-recognize-that-the-psalms-call-us-to_131021.png) > [“In part, this will happen simply because people who pray the Psalms will be worshiping the God who made them, and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/in-part-this-will-happen-simply-because-people-who-pray-the-psalms/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/n-t-wright-1173_psalms_in-part-this-will-happen-simply-because_485353.png) > [“The Psalms are not only poetry in themselves; they are to be the cause of poetry in those who sing them, together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-psalms-are-not-only-poetry-in-themselves-they-are-to-be-the-cause/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/n-t-wright-1173_poetry_the-psalms-are-not-only-poetry-in-themse_884576.png) > [“the story the Psalms tell is the story Jesus came to complete. It is the story of the creator God taking his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-story-the-psalms-tell-is-the-story-jesus-came-to-complete-it-is/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/n-t-wright-1173_creator-god_the-story-the-psalms-tell-is-the-story-j_903669.png) > [“The Psalms are among the oldest poems in the world, and they still rank with any poetry in any culture, ancient or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-psalms-are-among-the-oldest-poems-in-the-world-and-they-still/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/n-t-wright-1173_human-experience_the-psalms-are-among-the-oldest-poems-in_1214204.png) > [“The Psalms are the steady, sustained subcurrent of healthy Christian living. They shaped the praying and vocation even of Jesus himself. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-psalms-are-the-steady-sustained-subcurrent-of-healthy-christian/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/n-t-wright-1173_art-form_the-psalms-are-the-steady-sustained-subc_2020445.png) ## Other authors on Psalms - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psalms/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bible-17752.jpg) Bible 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psalms/bible/) ## More by N.T. Wright > [“This means that the church, the followers of Jesus Christ, live in the bright interval between Easter and the final great consummation. Let's make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/this-means-that-the-church-the-followers-of-jesus-christ-live-in-the/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“The very mention of crucifixion was taboo in polite Roman circles, since it was the lowest form of capital punishment, reserved for slaves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-very-mention-of-crucifixion-was-taboo-in-polite-roman-circles/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“Sunday, kept as a commemoration of Easter ever since that event itself (a quite remarkable phenomenon when you come to think about it), is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/sunday-kept-as-a-commemoration-of-easter-ever-since-that-event-itself/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“The point of trying to understand the cross better is not so that we can congratulate ourselves for having solved an intellectual crossword puzzle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-point-of-trying-to-understand-the-cross-better-is-not-so-that-we/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“there is no such thing as a god’s-eye view (by which would be meant a Deist god’s-eye view) available to human beings, a point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-god-s-eye-view-by-which-would-be-meant-a/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“The “goal” is not “heaven,” but a renewed human vocation within God’s renewed creation. This is what every biblical book from Genesis on is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-goal-is-not-heaven-but-a-renewed-human-vocation-within-god-s/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“having a hard enough time explaining to his disciples that he had to die; they never really grasped that at all, and they certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/having-a-hard-enough-time-explaining-to-his-disciples-that-he-had-to/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“If we are talking about the victory over evil and the launch of new creation, it won’t make much sense unless we are working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/if-we-are-talking-about-the-victory-over-evil-and-the-launch-of-new/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“The personal message of Good Friday, expressed in so many hymns and prayers which draw on the tradition of the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-personal-message-of-good-friday-expressed-in-so-many-hymns-and/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“To recognize that the Psalms call us to pray and sing at the intersections of the times--of our time and God's time, of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/to-recognize-that-the-psalms-call-us-to-pray-and-sing-at-the/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/successful-resistance-to-temptation-may-result-in-an-increase-of/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“Blessings on the poor in spirit! The kingdom of heaven is yours” (Matt. 5:3) doesn’t mean, “You will go to heaven when you die.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/blessings-on-the-poor-in-spirit-the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-yours-matt-5/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“As C. S. Lewis regularly remarked, the chronological snobbery of the modern age (i.e. the assumption that anything that comes after around 1750 is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/as-c-s-lewis-regularly-remarked-the-chronological-snobbery-of-the/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“The kingdom of God is, at its heart, about God’s sovereignty sweeping the world with love and power, so that human beings, each made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-kingdom-of-god-is-at-its-heart-about-god-s-sovereignty-sweeping/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) > [“pre-Christian Judaism, including the disciples during Jesus’s lifetime, never envisaged the death of the Messiah. That is why they never thought of his resurrection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/pre-christian-judaism-including-the-disciples-during-jesus-s-lifetime/) [N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psalms/n-t-wright/#itemlist", "name": "6 Psalms Quotes By N.T. 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