Balance Quote by Ray Stedman

“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 not only poetry in themselves; they are to be the cause of poetry in those who sing them, together and individually.…

— N.T. Wright

The Psalms are the voices of the church.

— Ambrose

“if we follow the example of the psalmist The Psalms are an honest expression of emotions.”

— Tremper Longman III

“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 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] a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended.

— Martin Luther

“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

I find in the Psalms much the same range of mood and expression as I perceive within my own life of prayer.

— Reverend Malcolm Boyd

“The nature of the praise and prayer in the Psalms indicates how memory is key to praise and prayer.”

— John E. Goldingay

“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 put us in touch with our deepest emotions.”

— Tremper Longman III