Aimed at the widest possible audience, this text includes a long and accessible introduction to the most widely read part of the Bible, followed by the 150 psalms themselves, translated by Eaton.

Joy and despair, faith and doubt, love and hate--the book of Psalms covers the range of human emotions. In Psalms for Life, John Eaton explores the poetry of the Psalms as a never-failing source of challenge, comfort, and encouragement.

John Eaton, well known for his Psalms commentary, here offers a new model of commentary-writing.