The Book of Proverbs is a collection of practical life wisdom given mostly in short, memorable statements. For thousands of years, the wisdom from this book has been changing lives for the better. Now it's your turn to carefully read, think over, and apply God's wisdom presented in this inspired, unique, book of the Bible.

In this commentary, David Guzik explains the Book of Proverbs, giving attention to every individual proverb - helping you to understand, enjoy, and live God's wisdom.

The book of Psalms is the majestic collection of God-inspired songs from ancient Israel. The psalms give thanks, praise, and honor to God, declaring His greatness. In Psalms we also find the joys and struggles of living for God in a troubled world. It is hard to think of a human experience or emotion that doesn't find its voice in these songs.

In this commentary, David Guzik explains Psalms 1 through 40, song by song and verse by verse, helping you to understand, enjoy, and learn from God's songbook.

The book of Psalms is the majestic collection of God-inspired songs from ancient Israel. The psalms give thanks, praise, and honor to God, declaring His greatness. In Psalms we also find the joys and struggles of living for God in a troubled world. It is hard to think of a human experience or emotion that doesn't find its voice in these songs.

In this commentary, David Guzik explains Psalms 41 through 80, song by song and verse by verse, helping you to understand, enjoy, and learn from God's songbook.

This 27th volume in the popular Ignatius Catholic Study Bible series leads readers through a penetrating study of the Psalms using the text itself and the Church's own guidelines for understanding the Bible.

Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights by renowned Scripture scholars Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch as well as time-tested interpretations from the Fathers of the Church. These helpful study notes provide rich historical, cultural, geographical, and theological information pertinent to the Old Testament book--information that bridges the distance between the biblical world and our own.

The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible also includes Topical Essays, Word Studies, and Charts. The Topical Essays explore the major themes of Deuteronomy, often relating them to the teachings of the Church. The Word Studies explain the background of important biblical terms, while the Charts summarize crucial biblical information at a glance.

The book of Job is challenging. Its Hebrew is often obscure, its length and subject matter are intimidating, and its meaning has been debated throughout the history of biblical interpretation. In this commentary, Duane A. Garrett presents a fresh argument for the book's meaning. Job demonstrates the inability of Wisdom, as a theological tradition, to solve the problem of evil. Without rejecting Wisdom, it shows that only God can truly deal with evil. God's answer to evil is found only in Christ, who is anticipated in the book of Job.

The Evangelical Exegetical Commentary series is a premiere biblical commentary rooted in the original text of Scripture. Each volume includes historical and literary insights and addresses exegetical, pastoral, and theological concerns, giving readers a full understanding of the text and how to apply it to everyday life.

Of what particular value is Psalm 119 to the counselor? First, individual verses, like those in Proverbs, will be of value for counselors to expound, apply and then ask counselees to memorize so that they may use them as Portable truth. Second, since every verse in one way or another points to the Scriptures, the importance of and the need for learning and living according to the Bible is brought forward by the Psalm (precisely what most Christians need to learn). Third, there is much particularized help for afflicted, suffering, sinning, puzzled Christians-just the stuff of which counseling is made. All-in-all, you will probably find Psalm 119 as helpful as any book in the Bible for use in counseling once you have come to know it and learn how to use it.

But this is not simply a book about counseling. The 119^th Psalm is the prayer notebook of a man who solved every problem by learning and obeying the Scriptures. In verse after verse, he explained how he personally was helped, guided, and sustained in every area of his life. Let Jay Adams help you use this Psalm to grow in your love for the Scriptures and minister it to others.

The book of Psalms is the majestic collection of God-inspired songs from ancient Israel. The psalms give thanks, praise, and honor to God, declaring His greatness. In Psalms we also find the joys and struggles of living for God in a troubled world. It is hard to think of a human experience or emotion that doesn't find its voice in these songs.

In this commentary, David Guzik explains Psalms 119 through 150, song by song and verse by verse, helping you to understand, enjoy, and learn from God's songbook.

The book of Psalms is the majestic collection of God-inspired songs from ancient Israel. The psalms give thanks, praise, and honor to God, declaring His greatness. In Psalms we also find the joys and struggles of living for God in a troubled world. It is hard to think of a human experience or emotion that doesn't find its voice in these songs.

In this commentary, David Guzik explains Psalms 81 through 118, song by song and verse by verse, helping you to understand, enjoy, and learn from God's songbook.

In October 1993, at 2:30 A.M., God saved Dr. Quinlin as she lay dying from the Beijing flu. She relates the experience as being supernatural and all together surreal. As she recovered, other God-inspired events took place. It became clear that God was directing her to dedicate her life, medical practice, and the care of her patients to him. She called on his guidance and prayed: You lead, I will follow.

In 2020, God instilled in her the gift of poetry. Though she had never written poetry, she was suddenly awakened to it. He gave her the words, the desire, and the vision.

Most of her poems flow directly from inspiration, a divine nudge, which allows her to express meaning in the life she lives and the life she observes around her.

Follow along with her on this journey of awakening and awareness. Open your mind and explore her poetry! Be inspired!

Blessings now and forever more to you and yours. May God's blessings flow to you abundantly.

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament features today's top Old Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say.

Commentary on each passage follows a clear structure to help readers grasp the flow and meaning of the text:

• The Main Idea of the Passage: A one- or two-sentence summary of the key ideas the biblical author seeks to communicate.
• Literary Context: A brief discussion of the relationship of the specific text to the book as a whole and to its place within the broader argument.
• Translation and Exegetical Outline: Commentators provide their own translations of each text, formatted to highlight its discourse structure and accompanied by a coherent outline that reflects the flow and argument of the text.
• Structure and Literary Form: An overview of the literary structure and rhetorical style adopted by the biblical author, highlighting how these features contribute to the communication of the main idea of the passage.
• Explanation of the Text: A detailed commentary on the passage, paying particular attention to how the biblical authors select and arrange their materials and how they work with words, phrases, and syntax to communicate their messages.
• Canonical and Practical Significance: The commentary on each unit will conclude by building bridges between the world of the biblical author and other biblical authors and with reflections on the contribution made by this unit to the development of broader issues in biblical theology--particularly on how later Old Testament and New Testament authors have adapted and reused the motifs in question. The discussion also includes brief reflections on the significance of the message of the passage for readers today.

The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament series is the go-to resource for pastors and Bible teachers looking for deep but accessible study that equips them to connect the needs of Christians today with the biblical text.

What does the Bible really say about tithing? How many tithes are there, and are you a bad Christian for not tithing? Learn the basics of the tithe in this new, Bible-backed handbook.

This is a thorough, thoughtful, and scrupulously reasoned argument about what the Bible says and doesn't say about the necessity of tithing and what the virtue of tithing is for modern religious congregants. The plentiful citations of scripture and secondary commentary provide a useful sense of authority, and the prose is engaging and easy to read.

Tithing and giving in the Christian church can be a complex and confusing matter. How much do you give? When do you give - and to whom?

Pastor, writer, and Bible teacher Clif Payne pulls back the curtain of ambiguity to teach readers all about tithing and giving. Based on the relevant Bible verses, What The Bible Says About Tithing & Giving readers will learn:

• Whether to tithe before or after taxes.
• God's plan for the poor brings them out of poverty and into society.
• How to see the consistency of God in the covenants.
• ...and much more.

Through this short educational handbook, Clif Payne helps the average Christian understand the multifaceted topic of tithing and giving in today's society, informed by what scripture teaches.

Not only does this book help the average Christian gain a deeper knowledge of the subject; it also helps to inform pastors and church leaders for their sermons. What The Bible Says About Tithing & Giving better informs their teaching and preaching.

Finally, Clif differentiates his book from others in the market by citing relevant scripture and historical documents to emphasize and clarify what the scriptures teach.

The Psalms of the Bible are timeless. They are prayers and meditations and conversations with God that are personal, sometimes lofty, sometimes raw. A Word for Our Time explores these enduring ageless words and brings them into our time. God has His hand and his heart in these words. They are for all people. Let's explore them with some research and historical context along with anecdotal articles and poetry. Discover a wellspring of peace and connection to the source of life.

It is not necessary to read this book in order (although it would make a good devotional in the Psalms). Perhaps you have a favorite psalm that needs a deeper dive, or you might be attracted to one of the titles. The world offers conflicting choices, A Word for Our Time serves up clarity and direction with soul food for our wellbeing. Being religious is not required for reading this book. For a timeless larger-than-life perspective, the author's poetry is sprinkled with collected poetry from the last 500 years. Enter into these meditations so ancient words come alive and enter into your every day. Let A Word for Our Time - be for your time.

Proverbs is a book every counselor should consider his good friend. It is a book with which, if he is wise and wishes to impart wise counsel, he will want to become as familiar as possible. And as he becomes increasingly familiar with its teachings, he will discover himself using it more and more in the process of counseling. Indeed, soon he will want to learn the whole of it as quickly as possible so that he may have all its wisdom at his disposal at all times.

One reason Proverbs is so helpful to the counselor is that a proverb can be seen as portable truth. It is often a generalized truth compacted into a vivid or picturesque situation that may be readily learned, easily memorized, carried about in one's mind, and applied to any number of life's situations as they occur. Both the general principle and the method of application are transportable. For counselees who are in the process of learning how to address a variety of circumstances in a truly biblical way, the practical usefulness that a proverb supplies is phenomenal.

El gran predicador y expositor bíblico C. H. Spurgeon dedicó buena parte de su vida a completar su magnum opus, un macrocomentario al libro de lo salmos que tituló El Tesoro de David. Su valor radica en que Spurgeon no tan solo aporta en el mismo su propia exposición versículo por versículo de cada salmo, sino incluye los mejores comentarios sobre cada versículo por los Padres de la Iglesia, Reformadores y, demanera especial, los autores puritanos, hasta llegar a los comentaristas contemporáneos suyos. Es decir, en El Tesoro de David Spurgeon seleccionó bajo su criterio los mejores extractos de renombrados comentaristas sobre cada salmo desde el Siglo II hasta finales del Siglo XIX.

En el año 2015 salió el Volumen I de esta obra extraordinaria, y ahora el Volumen III,

El gran valor añadido es la extraordinaria y amplia estructura de la obra:

• Más de 18.000 exposiciones a los Salmos.
• Más de 1650 expositores y comentaristas.
• Más de 20.000 referencias bíblicas enlazadas
• Más de 500 personajes históricos citados.
• Cometarios de los Padres de la Iglesia.
• 7 versiones de la Biblia en español.
• Versión poética de cada Salmo.
• Texto hebreo y texto de la Septuaginta.
• Vulgata, Biblia de Ferrara, y Peshitta.
• Notas filológicas y exegéticas.
• Notas históricas y explicativas.
• Índice de expositores y comentaristas.
• Índice de personajes históricos citados.
• Índice de textos bíblicos conectados.
• Índice analítico: +200 temas y +6000 entradas.

The Treasury of David III

The great preacher and biblical expository preacher C. H. Spurgeon devoted a good part of his life to completing his magnum opus, a macro-commentary on the book of Psalms he titled The Treasure of David. Its value lies in the fact that Spurgeon not only brings in it his own exposition verse by verse of each psalm, but also includes the best comments on each verse by the Church Fathers, Reformers, and, especially, the Puritan authors; even reaching his contemporary commentators. That is, in The Treasure of David, Spurgeon selected the best excerpts from renowned commentators on each psalm from the second century until the end of the 19th century.

The full text of the original work of C. H. Spurgeon is translated into a language that maintains its literary beauty, but also in a current and affordable language to the forms of communication of today's society. Above scientific rigor, dynamic translation has been prioritized.

As if Spurgeon and other authors preached today from a pulpit in the Spanish language: elegant, cultured, poetic, resounding, shocking, but at the same time understandable.

The great added value is the extraordinary and wide structure of the work:

• More than 18,000 exposures to the Psalms.
• More than 1650 exhibitors and commentators.
• More than 20,000 linked Biblical references
• More than 500 cited historical figures.
• Comments from the Fathers of the Church.
• 7 versions of the Bible in Spanish.
• Poetic version of each Psalm.
• Hebrew text and Septuagint text.
• Vulgate, Ferrara Bible, and Peshitta.
• Philological and exegetical notes.
• Historical and explanatory notes.
• Index of exhibitors and commentators.
• Index of cited historical figures.
• Index of connected biblical texts.
• Analytical index: +200 topics and +6000 entries.

DeClaisse-Walford, Jacobson, and Tanner offer a succinct introduction to the Psalter, a new translation of all the psalms that takes special account of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and individual entries on each psalm unit. Throughout the book they draw on state-of-the-art research on the canonical shape and shaping of the Psalter and evidence a nuanced attention to the poetic nature of the psalms.

With imagination and clarity, Derek Kidner introduces the book of Ecclesiastes, an unusual book that nevertheless speaks powerfully to each generation. In this BST volume, Kidner reveals how the Preacher faces the fear that God is distant and nothing has meaning, and leads us to finally encounter the God who was present all along.

The book of Psalms is the heart of the Old Testament. It also anticipates Jesus Christ. In this Tyndale Old Testament Commentary, Tremper Longman interprets each psalm in its Old Testament setting, summarizing its overall message and reflecting on its significance from a New Testament perspective.

There is no other book in the Bible like the Song of Songs. It is a highly literate collection of love poems, at times intense with erotic desire and at times playful or flirtatious. This commentary draws out the tone of each poem, along with its language and literary qualities, including its metaphors, allusions, and clever use of words.

While there are correspondences between the Song and the literatures of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and they are cited in the commentary, the greatest foreign influence on the book comes from Greece. The commentary approaches the Song as a Jewish-Hellenistic work, in the full sense of that hyphenated term. It notes Greek ideas and tropes that appear throughout the book and shows how they have been adjusted and incorporated into Jewish thought and literary forms. The book's Grecisms are dressed in biblical idioms and imagery. Going beyond previous studies, this volume emphasizes that the Song's blending together of the Jewish and the Greek is part of its literary virtuosity.

A Classic of Ancient Christian Spirituality. In this letter to a friend, Athanasius of Alexandria (ca. 298-373) offers spiritual guidance on how to read the psalms. Athanasius believed that the Psalms were divinely inspired, which is why they are so helpful to the human soul. He describes the Psalter as a choice garden filled with a variety of fruit for the soul-all of which feed the human condition. The Psalms speak to the whole range of human emotion-- anger, fear, desire, and happiness--offering insight into the movements of the heart like a mirror to the soul. With guidance the Psalms not only provide insight into inner life, they also provide what we need to say or do in order to bring healing to our souls.