• A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY

OF THE

BOOK OF PSALMS,

FOR THE USE OF THE MINISTRY AND LAITY

OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

BY THE

REV. AUGUSTUS F. THOLUCK, D.D., Ph.D.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, WITH A CAREFUL COMPARISON

OF THE PSALM-TEXT WITH THE ORIGINAL TONGUES.

BY THE

C

ATLETAS REV. J. ISIDOR MOMBERT.

“THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH."

Psalm cxix, 105.

LONDON: J. NISBET AND CO., BERNERS STREET.

LEEDS: J. HEATON AND SON.

1856.

101. h.107.

PRINTED BY J. HEATON AND SON, FREEMAN OFFICE, LEEDS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . . . . . . . .

PREFACE TO THE English EDITION . . . . . .

PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION . . . . . . xi.

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . .

Sec. 1.—The Psalter in the Christian Church . . . . 1-10

Sec. 11.—The form, division, design, and use of the Psalter in Old

Testament Times . . . . . . . . 11-17

Sec. III.—The Authors of the Psalms . . .

17—24

Sec. IV.—Doctrine and Ethics of the Psalms . . . . 25—42

1.-God and the Government of the World

2.-Man and Sin . . . . . . . . 28–29

3.—Piety and Morality of the Psalmists. . . . 30—34

4.—The Future . . . . . . . . 35—36

5.—The Messiah . . . . . . . . 36–42

COMMENTARY . . . . . . . . . . 43–397

25-28