Twentieth-Century Commentaries

Unknown 20th


Ridderbos, Nicolaas Herman.  De Psalmen: opnieuw uit de grondtekst vertaald en verklaard.  Kampen: Kok, 19--.

Scroggie, W. Graham.  The Psalter.  New York/London: Harper & Bros., 19--.

Thirtle, James William.  The Book of Psalms according to the Revised Version, with titles discriminated and briefly explained. 


The 1900s


Benson, Richard Meux.  The War-Songs of the Prince of Peace: A Devotional Commentary on the Psalter.  London: John Murray, 1901.

Briggs, Charles A., and Emilie Grace Briggs.  A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms.  International Critical Commentary.  Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1906-1907.

Frants Buhl (1906)    Buhl, Frants.  Sefer Tehilim = Liber psalmorum.  Lipsiae: J. C. HJinrichs, 1906 [Hebrew]

Bullinger, E. W.  Studies in the Psalms.  London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1908.

W. T. Davidson (1903)

Davison, M. A, and T. Witton Davies.  The Psalms.  T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906.

Ehrlich (1904)

Grimme, Hubert.  Psalmenprobleme : untersuchungen ub̈er metrik, strophik und paseq des Psalmenbuches.  Freiburg (Schweiz) : Kommissionsverlag der Universitätsbuchhandlung (B. Veith), 1902.


Maclaren, Alexander.  The Psalms [and] the book of Proverbs.  Expositor's Bible 9.  New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1900.  Two volumes.

McFadyen, John Edgar.  The Messages of the Psalmists.  London: James Clarke, 1904.

McSwiney, James.  Translation of the Psalms and Canticles: with commentary.  St. Louis: B. Herder, 1901.

Meyer, F. B.  The Psalms: Notes and Readings.  London: Morgan and Scott, 1900, 1912 (two volumes).

Montefiore, Claude Goldsmid.  The Book of Psalms.  London/New York: Macmillan, 1901.

Prothero, Rowland E. Prothero.  The Psalms in Human Life.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1903.

Thirtle, James William. The Titles of the Psalms, their nature and meaning explained.  London: Frowde, 1904.

Thompson, J. M.  An Annotated Psalter.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.

Wordsworth, Elizabeth.  Psalms for the Christian Festivals.  London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1906.

Liber Psalmorum.  Stuttgart: Württ Bibelanstalt, 1909 [German]



The 1910s

Adams, John.  The Lenten Psalms.  Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1912.

Bellett, J. G.  Short Meditations on the Psalms, Chiefly in their Prophetic Character.  London: G. Morrish, 1910.

Berry, E. Sylvester.  Commentary on the Psalms: Psalms 1-50.  New York: Benziger, 1915.

Higgins, P. V. Commentary on the Psalms.  Dublin: Gill, 1913. [2nd edition, 1914]


Kent, Charles Foster.  The Songs, Hymns and Prayers of the Old Testament.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914, 1924.

Kittel, Rudolf.  Die Psalmen.  Leipzig: A. Deichert, 1914 [German] [5-6 edition: 1929]


Meyer, F. D.  The Psalms: Notes and Readings.  London: Morgan & Scott, 1911.  Two volumes.


Staerk, Willy.  Lyrik (Psalmen, Hoheslied und Verwandtes).  Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1911.  [2nd edition: 1920]

Swedenborg, Emanuel, and Robert S. Fischer.  Commentary on the Psalms: Compiled from the Theological Works of Emanuel Swedenborg.  Boston, 1910.

Thackery, Francis St. John.  Three Lectures on the Psalms.  London: Bell, 1917.


The 1920s

Boylan, Patrick.  The Psalms 1-71.  Dublin: Gill, 1921.

Boylan, Patrick.  The Psalms 72-150.  Dublin: Gill, 1924.

Gunkel, Hermann.  Die Psalmen.  Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1925. [4th edition (1926); 5th edition (1968); 6th edition (1986)]

König, Eduard.  Die Psalmen.  Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1927.


Smith, J. M. Powis.  The Psalms.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1926.

Smith, J. M. Powis.  The Religion of the Psalms.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1922.

Wismar, O. W.  Studies in the Psalter.  St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1926

Wutz, Franz.  Die Psalmen: textkritisch Untersucht.  München: Kösel & Pustet, 1925.


The 1930s

Abramowski, Rudolf.  Das Buch des betenden Volkes: der Psalmen erster Teil.  Stuttgart: Calwer, 1938.

Abramowski, Rudolf.  Das Buch des betenden Gottesknechts: der Psalmen zweiter Teil.  Stuttgart: Calwer, 1939.

Barnes, W. Emery.  The Psalms.  London Methuen & Co., 1931.

Bentzen, Aage.  Fortolkning til de gammeltestamentlige Salmer.  København: G. E. C. Gads, 1939.

Berry, George Ricker.  The Book of Psalms.  Philadelphia: The American Baptist Publication Society, 1934.

Buttenweiser, Moses.  The Psalms: Chronologically Treated.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938.

Gaebelein, Arno Clemens.  The Book of Psalms: A Devotional and Prophetic Commentary.   New York: Our Hope Press, 1939.  [Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux, 1965, 1978]

James, Fleming.  Thirty Psalmists: A Study in Personalities of the Psalter as seen Against the Background of Gunkel's type-study of the Psalms.  New York: Putnam, 1938.

Noordtzij, Arie.  Het boek der Psalmen.  Kampen: Kok, 1934-1935.

Oesterley, W. O. E.  The Psalms.  London: SPCK, 1933-1936.

Peters, Norbert.  Das Buch der Psalmen.  Paderborn: Bonifacius-Druckerei, 1930.


Reich, Max Isaac.  How Long? Why the Jews are Persecuted and Studies in the Psalms of Israel.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1939.

Schmidt, Hans.  Die Psalmen.  HAT 1/15. Tübingen: Mohr, 1934.


The 1940s


Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.  Das Gebetbuch der Bibel: eine Einführung in die Psalmen.  Bad Salzuflen: MBK-Verlag, 1940. [second, 1946; fifth, 1955; sixth, 1958; seventh, 1961; eighth, 1966; ]  English Translation:  Psalms: The Prayerbook of the Bible.  Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1970.

Cohen, A. The Psalms: Hebrew Text & English Translation with an Introduction and Commentary.  London: Soncino Press, 1945.

Groot, Johannes de.  De Psalmen.  Baam: Bosch & Keuning, 1941.

Leslie, Elmer A.  The Psalms: Translated and Interpreted in the Light of Hebrew Life and Worship.  New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1949.

Lewis, C. S.  Reflections on the Psalms.  London: Bles, 1948.

Makrakes, Apostolos.  Commentary on the Psalms of David.  Chicago: Orthodox Christian Educational Society, 1950.

Pirot, Louis.  Les Psaumes: Texte Latin et Traduction Francaise d'Apres Les Textes Originaux avec un commentaire exegetique et theologique.  Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 1946-1961.



F. M. T. Böhl (I, 1946; II, 1947) and B. Gemser (III, 1949)
G. Campbell Morgan (1947)

Bonkamp (1949)

E. Podechard (I, 1949; II, 1954)



The 1950s

Exell, Joseph S.  The Psalms.  Grand Rapids: Baker, 1954-1956.

Kissane, M. E. J.  Book of Psalms.  Dublin: Browne Nolan, 1953.

Lamparter, Helmut.  Das Buch der Psalmen.  Stuttgart: Calwer, 1958.
 
Leupold, H. C.  Exposition of the Psalms.  Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1959; Grand Rapids: Baker: 1959.


Merton, Thomas.  Bread in the Wilderness: .  New York: Laughlin, 1953, 1954.

Ridderbos, J.  De Psalmen.  Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1955-1958. [2nd ed., 1980.]

Weiser, A.  Die Psalmen, 3 Aufl.  ATD 14-15. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1950.  English translation: The Psalms: A Commentary.  Translated by H. Hartwell. Old Testament Library.  Philadelphia: Westminster, 1962.

Wright, Walter C.  Psalms.  Chicago: Moody Press, 1955.

Clamer (1950)
A. Cohen (1950) – revised by E. Oratz (1992) – Jewish perspective
Samuel L. Terrien.  The Psalms and their Meaning for Today.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1952.

B. D. Eerdmans (2nd ed., 1953)
A. Bruno (1954)
H. Lamparter, (I, 1958)
Herbert Carl Leupold (1959)


The 1960s

Crim, Keith R.  The Royal Psalms.  Richmond: John Knox Press, 1962.

Dahood, Mitchell J. Psalms 1-50.  AB 16.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966.

Dahood, Mitchell J. Psalms 51-100.  AB 17. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968.

Dahood, Mitchell J.  Psalms 101-150.  AB 17A. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970.

Deissler, A.  Das Buch der Psalmen.  Düsseldorf: Patmos, 1963-65.  Three volumes.

Eaton, J. H.  Psalms: Introduction and Commentary. Torch Bible Commentaries. London: SCM  Press, 1967.

Ellison, H. L.  The Psalms.  London: Scripture Union, 1967; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968.

Hastings, James.  The Book of Job, Psalms.  Grand Rapids: Baker, 1961-1962.

Johnson, Aubrey R.  Sacral Kingship in Ancient Israel.  Cardiff, Wales: 1967.

Kraus, Hans-Joachim.  Psalmen.  2., durchgesehene Auflage.  Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1961.  English translation:  Psalms 1-59: A Commentary.  Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1987, 1988; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993;  Psalms 60-150: A Commentary.  Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Kraus, Hans-Joachim.  Theologie der Psalmen.  Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag des Erziehungsvereins, 1966, 1979, 1986, 1989 [second edition], 2003 [third edition].  English translation: Theology of the Psalms.  Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1986; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992.

Rhodes, Arnold Black.  Psalms.  London: SCM Press, 1960, 1961, 1964.

Rodd, Cyril S.  Psalms 1-150.  London: Epworth Press, 1963-1964.

Scroggie, W. Graham.  The Psalms, v.1-4.  Westwood, NJ: Revell, 1965.

Stock, Augustine.  The Psalms.  Conception, MO: Conception Abbey Press, 1961. Two Volumes.

Westermann, Claus.  The Praise of God in the Psalms.  Translated by Keith R. Crim.  Richmond: John Knox Press, 1965.


The 1970s


Anderson, A. A. The Book of Psalms, in Two Volumes. New Century Bible.  London: Oliphants, 1972.

Blaiklock, E. M., and Gordon Gray.  Meditations on the Psalms, in 4 volumes.  London: Scripture Union, 1977-1979.

Hargreaves, John.  A Guide to Psalms.  London: SPCK, 1973.

Hirsch, Samson Raphael.  The Psalms.  Jerusalem: Feldheim, 1976.

Hubbard, David Allan.  Psalms for All Seasons.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971.

Jacquet, Louis.  Les Psaumes et le coeur de l'homme: Étude textuelle, littéraire et doctrinale. Gembloux: Duculot, 1975-79.  Three volumes.

Keller, Philip.  A Shepard Looks at Psalm 23.  Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1970.

Kidner, Derek.  Psalms 1-72: An Introduction and Commentary on Books I and II of the Psalms.  Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries.  London: InterVarsity Press, 1973.

Kidner, Derek.  Psalms 73-150: A Commentary on Books III-V of the Psalms.  Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries.  London: InterVarsity Press, 1975.

Murphy, Roland E.  The Psalms, Job.  Proclamation.  Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977.

Plumer, William S.  Psalms: A Critical and Expository Commentary with Doctrinal and Practical Remarks.  Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust, 1975.

Rogerson, J. W.  and J. W. McKay. Psalms 1-50; Psalms 51-100; Psalms 101-150.  Cambridge Biblical Commentaries on the Old Testament.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

Sabourin, Leopold.  The Psalms: Their Origin and Meaning.  New York: Alba House, 1974.


The 1980s

Allen, Leslie C.  Psalms 101-150.  Word Biblical Commentary 21.  Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983.

Craigie, Peter C.  Psalms 1-50.  Word Biblical Commentary 19.  Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983. Resived and Updated by Marvin E. Tate, 1990.


Gerstenberger, Erhard S.  Psalms: Part 1, with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry.  Forms of Old Testament Literature.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

Girard, Marc.  Les Psaumes: Analyse structurelle et interpretation, 1-50.  Paris: Cerf, 1984.

Knight, George A. F.  Psalms: Volumes 1 and 2.  Daily Study Bible.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1982, 1983.

Ravasi, G. II libro dei Salmi.  Bologna: Edizione Detzariane, 1981-84. Three volumes.

Stuhlmueller, Carroll.  Psalms 1 and Psalm 2.  Old Testament Message 21-22.  Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1983.

Westermann, Claus.  Praise and Lament in the Psalms.  Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1981.

Williams, Don.  Psalms 1-72 and Psalms 73-150.  The Communicator’s Commentary.  Dallas: Word Books, 1986, 1989.


The 1990s

Barbiero, Gianni. Das erste Psalmenbuch als Einheit: Eine synchrone Analyse von Psalm 1-41.  Österreichische Biblische Studien 16.  Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1999.

Boice, James Montgomery.  Psalms. Volumes 1-3.  Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1994-1998.

Bratcher, R. A Translator's Handbook on the Book of Psalms.  New York: United Bible Societies, 1991.

Broyles, Craig C. Psalms.  New International Biblical Commentary.  Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999.

Day, John.  Psalms.  Old Testament Guides. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.

Guard, M. Les Psaumes redécouverts.  Three Volumes.  Montreal: Bellarmin, 1994.

Hossfeld, Frank-Lothar, and Erich Zenger. Die Psalmen: I Psalm 1-50.  Neue Echter Bibel.  Würzburg: Echter, 1993.

Lennox, Stephen J. Psalms: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition.  Wesleyan Bible Commentary.  Indianapolis: Wesleyan Publishing House, 1999.

Mays, James L.  Psalms.  Interpretation.  Louisville: John Knox Press, 1994.

McCann, J. Clinton.  “The Psalms.”  Pages 639-1280 in The New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol. IV: 1 & 2 Maccabees, Introduction to Hebrew Poetry, Job, Psalms.  Edited by Leander E. Keck.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.

Schökel, L. Alonso, and C. Carniti. I Salmi.  Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1992.

Tate, Marvin E.  Psalms 51-100.  Word Biblical Commentary 20.  Dallas: Word Books, 1990.

Seybold, K. Die Psalmen. HAT 1/15.  Tübingen: Mohr, 1996.

VanGemeren, Willem A.  “Psalms.”  Pages _____ in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary with the New International Version, Volume 5: Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs.  Edited by Frank E. Gaebelein.  Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.