Praise the Lord: How to Study and Pray the Psalms($9.99Value)

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Father Earl Meyer has written a guide to the fundamentals of The Psalms with practical suggestions for praying them. The psalms are an acquired taste. Knowing just the essentials can greatly improve your understanding and your enjoyment. It can change your prayer life. Some will object that the psalms are prayers, and prayer is of the heart and soul not the head and intellect. That is true, but only partially. The technical details of the psalms are not their message, but they are the means by which the message is delivered. The structure of the psalms should not be attended to directly while praying them. Yet the basics must be mastered in such a way as to be embedded in the background of the mind during prayer.This fascinating and challenging book includes study of the concepts and practices of Parallelism, Laments and Theology of the Psalms. These provide for appreciation of Favorite Psalms and Psalms for the Dying included in the text. In addition, appendices offer helpful perspectives on the psalms and as well as a concise overview.