Psalms cover art

Psalms

The Prayer Book of the Bible

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Psalms

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Walter Brueggemann - introduction
Narrated by: George W. Sarris
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £6.99

Buy Now for £6.99

About this listen

Jesus died with a psalm on his lips. For millennia, humans have been shaped by the Psalms. And before the Nazis banned him from publishing, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer published this book on the Psalms.

What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise, and what challenge? What threat? In Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ.

First published in 1940, this classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer's reflections on psalms of thanksgiving, suffering, guilt, praise, and lament. Now with an introduction by Walter Brueggemann and excerpts from the Psalms, Bonhoeffer's timeless work offers contemporary audiences ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days. Includes a biographical sketch of Bonhoeffer written by his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge.

©1970 Augsburg Fortress (P)2022 eChristian Christian Living Christianity
All stars
Most relevant
I had expected a deeper reflection of each or most Psalms from a different viewpoint to what was given. I didn't expect the illustration of how we are to pray with, in and through Jesus at the same time in such a profound way. I found it heavy to understand at first but I'm glad that I persevered because it was a richly coloured and woven tapestry of the way the Psalms were either singly selected or grouped to give different purposes and meanings I became totally engrossed and found it very interesting, easier to comprehend and I fell in love with this book. The narrator's voice is so calming to listen to as well.

The deepest understanding of the Psalms.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Especially loved the last chapter, Bonhoeffer's mini biography. Definitely depicts a modern (1900's) Apostle Paul. A Life Lived well for Christ.

Loved this. Thank you xxx

Beautiful & Insightful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.