The Psalter Reclaimed Quotes

“Psalms of lament call on God to stop injustice and exploitation and oppression. By calling on God to intervene, the psalmist or the one praying the psalms is affirming that God is the utterly fair and all-knowing Judge.”
― Gordon J. Wenham, The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms

“To sum up, singing or praying the psalms is a performative, typically a commissive, act: saying these solemn words to God alters one’s relationship in a way that mere listening does not. This”
― Gordon J. Wenham, The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms

“In singing the psalms, one is actively committing oneself to following the God-approved life. This is what we are doing singing the psalms.”
― Gordon J. Wenham, The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms