Poetry Quote by N.T. Wright

“The Psalms are the steady, sustained subcurrent of healthy Christian living. They shaped the praying and vocation even of Jesus himself. They can and…

— N.T. Wright

“The Psalms are among the oldest poems in the world, and they still rank with any poetry in any culture, ancient or modern, from…

— N.T. Wright

The Psalms are the voices of the church.

— Ambrose

“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…

— N.T. Wright

“the story the Psalms tell is the story Jesus came to complete. It is the story of the creator God taking his power and…

— N.T. Wright

The Psalms are much more than poetry. Many of them bear the title, Maskil, or teaching psalm. They are thus intended to instruct the…

— Ray Stedman

“To enter into the prayer of this book is not merely to share the sentiments of King David, or Asaph, or one of the…

— Patrick Henry Reardon

The psalms, like no other literature, lift us to a position where we can commune with God, capturing a sense of the greatness of…

— Gordon Fee

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“the Psalms speak to all seasons of our souls.”

— Tremper Longman III

“There is a very important connection between the Church's worldview and the Church's hymns. If your heart and mouth are filled with songs of…

— David Chilton

“Beware of singing divine psalms for an ordinary recreation, as do men of impure spirits, who sing holy psalms intermingled with profane ballads: They…

— Lewis Bayly