Vol 04 - PSALMS.
PSALMS.
ABBOT (GEORGE). Brief Notes. Being a pithie and clear opening of the Scope and Meaning of the Text, to the capacitie of the Weakest. 4to.
Lond., I65i. 5/- An experimental exposition by a Member of Parliament under the Commonwealth. Though not of the first order, many of his remarks are good. Abbot was nephew to the Archbishop of the same name.
383 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON, D.D., Professor of Theology, Princeton, U.S.) The Psalms Translated and Explained. 8vo. 8/6. Edinb.,Andrew Elliot. x864. S. 5/6.
Occupies a first place among expositions. It is a clear and judicious explanation of the text, and cannot be dispensed with.
384. ALEXANDER (WILLIAM HENRY). The Book of Praises. The Psalms, with Notes. Sm. 8vo. Zonal., Jackson, Walford & Hodder. I867.
S. 2/6.
‘][‘he Notes are mostly from other authors, and are selected with discretion. They do not appear to have been designed by their collector for use beyond his own family circle, and they were published after his death by his friends. We question the wis-dora of the publication.
38.5 AUGUSTINE. Expositions. Translated, with Notes. 6 vols.,
8vo. Oxf, 1847. [In The Library of the Fathers, published by Messrs. J. Parker & Co., Oxf. and Land.] f3 15s., or to subscribers f2 i6s. 6d.
.As a Father he is beyond ordinary criticism, or we would venture to say’ that he is too frequently mystical, and confounds plain texts. No theological library is complete without this work, for there are grand thoughts in it like huge nuggets of Australian gold.
386 BAKER (RICHARD, D.D.) The Psalms Evangelized. 8vo. 1811. 2/6.
Very pious; but if the work should ever disappear from literature its absence will not leave a very great gap. Bishop Horne and Dr. Hawker between them more than cover the space.
387 BARNES (ALBERT). Notes. 3 vols., post 8vo. x3/6.
Lond., Edinb., and Glasgow, Blackie & Sons. 1868.
Thoroughly good. Using these notes constantly, we are more and .more struck with their value. For the general run of preachers this is probably the best commentary extant.
388 BELLARMINE (ROBERt. Cardinal. 1542~1621:.) A Com- mentary. Translated from the Latin, by the Ven. John O’Sul- livan, D.D. Sm. 4to. Lond., James Duffy. x866. S. 4/-
Popish, but marvellously good for a Cardinal. He is frequently as evangelical as a Reformer. He follows the Vulgate text in this comment.
389 BELLET (J. G.) Short Meditations on the Psalms, chiefly in their Prophetic character. 2/- Lond., W. H. Broom. I87I.
Mere fragments, in a style which we do not admire, which seems to be peculiar to ,certain brethren. Only the initiated can understand what such writers mean.
39o BINNIE (WILLIAM, D.D.) The Psalms: Their History, Teachings, and Use. 8vo. 7/6. Lond., T. Nelson. 187o. A highly valuable work. It is not an exposition, but can readily be used as such, for it possesses a good index to the passages treated of Dr. Binnie reviews with great skill and intense devotion the various sacred poems contained in the Book of Psalms, and gives the general run and character of each one. ]]is work is unlike any other, and supplies a great desideratum 391 BONAR (ANDREW A.) Christ and his Church in the Book of Psalms.
Demy8vo. 10/6. Lond.,Nisbet. 1859 Of the highest order of merit. The author does not strain /he text, but gives its real meaning. His remarks are always weighty, spiritual, and suggestive; we only wish there were more of them He has cultivated brevity.
BOUCHIER (BARTON, A.M.) Manna in the Heart; or, Daily Comments on the Psalms, for the Use of Families. 2 vols., Sm. 8vo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. x856. S. 5/-
Among the best books ever written for family reading. Evangelical, devotional, and expository. Preachers will find good thought here.
393 BURTON (John). The Book of Psalms in English Verse. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Lond., John Shaw & Co. 1871. The Psalms rhymed in a New Testament spirit: they are better in prose.
394 BUSH (G.) A Commentary on the Book of Psalms. With a new literal version. 8vo. New York, I838. Does not appear to have been reprinted in England.
395 BYTHNER (VICTOR. Died 167o). The Lyre of David; or, an Analysis of the Psalms, Critical and Practical; to which is added a Hebrew and Chaldee Grammar. To which are added by the Translator a Praxis of the first eight Psalms. Translated by the Rev. Thomas Dee, A.B. 8vo. x836. S. 7/6.
We agree with the statement found in the Preface of this work: “Nearly two centuries have passed away, since Bythner, uncertain of its reception, first committed his Lyra to public light; during :which time, instead of sinking, it has advanced in estimation,’ being admitted by all the learned to be the very best work on the Psalms in Hebrew. The number of Hebrew radical words is 1867; of these, 1184 occur in the Psalms; it follows then, that a thorough know/edge of the Psalms very nearly amounts to a thorough knowledge of the language, and that Bythner’s Lyra, in being the best work on the Psalms, must be the best work on Hebrew in general.” Our readers will scarcely need us to add that Bythner’s work is only useful to those who study the Hebrew.
396 CALVIN (JOHN). The Psalms of David and others, with Commentaries. Translated by Arthur Golding. 2 vols., 4to. Lond., 1571.
391,, A Commentary on the Psalms. Translated. S vols., 8vo. Oaf, I840. S.
7/-
Calvin is a tree whose “leaf also shall not wither”; whatever he has written lives on, and is never out of date, because he expounded the word without bias or partiality.
398 CARTER (CHARLES. Missionary to Ceylon). The Psalms, newly translated from the Hebrew. 12mo. 2/6. Lond.,J. Snow. x869. The emendations are carefully made by the translator, who has been for :many years engaged upon the Singalese version. A helpful book.
399 CAYLEY (C.B., B.A.) The Psalms in Metre. [With Notes].
12mo. 6/- Lond., Longmans. 1860.
We do not think much of the metrical rendering, which often jars on the ear. There are a few good notes at the end.
40o CHAMPNEY (H. N., ESQ.) A Textual Commentary on the Psalms.
Sq. 16mo. 3/’ Lond., S. Bagster & Sons. 1852. S. 1/- Merely a collection of parallel texts. Make one for yourself.
401 CHANDLER (SAMUEL, D.D.) See No. 283.
CLAY (WILLIAM KEATINGE, B.D.) Expository Notes on the Prayer Book Version of the Psalms. Sm. 8vo. Land., John W. Parker. 1839. S.
2/6.
Commendable in its way, but not important. Most of its matter is to be found elsewhere.
COLEMAN (John NOBLE, M.A.) Psalterium Messianicum Davidis Regis et Prophetae. A Revision of the Authorized Version, with Notes, original and selected; vindicating the prophetic manifestations of Messiah in the Psalms, etc. Imp. 8VO. 12/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1865. S. 5/-
Useful for its quotations from the Fathers and ancient writers. The large type swells out a small quantity of material to a needless size, and so puts purchasers to an unnecessary expense.
4o4 CONANT (ThoMAs J.) The Psalms. The Common Version, revised for the American Bible Union. 4to. 1871. Lond., Trubner & Co. S. 4/- A trustworthy translation with a few notes.
405 CONGLETON (LoaD). The Psalms. A New Version, with Notes.
Thick 12mo. Zend., James E. Hawkins. 1875. The translation is mainly that of Rogers (No. 464), and the Notes refer the Psalms to historic and prophetic subjects. We see no use whatever in this production.
4o6 COWLES (HENRY, D.D.) The Psalms; with Notes. 8vo.
New York, 1872. Worth about 5/-
Always repays for consulting, though it does not contain much that is new, original, or profound. It might be reprinted in England, with the probability of a large sale.
CRESSWELL (DANIEL, D.D., F.R.S.) Psalms of David, according to the Book of Common Prayer; with Notes. Sm. 8vo. Land., Rivingtons. x843.
S. 2/- The explanatory notes are neither prolix nor commonplace, but show much clear insight. They are deservedly held in esteem.
4o8 CRITICAL TRANSLATION (A) of the Psalms, in Metre.
Cr. 8vo. 5/6. Lond., S. Bagster & Sons. The author has labored hard to arrive at the correct meaning of the Hebrew, and to versify it. The work is very carefully done, but few preachers can afford to spend their money on a book of this kind.
4o9 DALLAS (A. R. C., M.A.) The Book of Psalms arranged in Daily Portions for Devotional Reading. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 186o. S. 1/6. A new arrangement: the old one is good enough for us.
410 DARBY (J. N.) Practical Reflections. Cr. 8vo. Lond, R. A. Allen.
187o.
Too mystical for ordinary minds. If the author would write in plain English his readers would probably discover that there is nothing very valuable in his remarks.
DE BURGH (WILLIAM, A.M.) Commentary; Critical, Devotional, and Prophetical. 2 vols., 8vo. 28/- Dublin, Hodges, Smith&Co. 186o. S. x2/6. A second-advent interpreter; and one of the best of his class. Highly esteemed by those who are enthusiastic upon prophetical subjects.
412 DELITZSCH (FRANZ). Commentary on the Psalms 3:1-8 vols.
10/6 each. Edinb, T. & T. Clark. 1871. S. 5/- each.
Thoroughly learned, but wants unction. Not adapted for common readers, but scholars will prize it greatly. The Princeton Review says of it: “We commend this commentary as a valuable aid to preachers and exegetes in elucidating the Psalms.”
413 DICKSON (DAVID. Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinb, 1583 — x662). A brief explanation of the Psalms.
3 vols., 8vo. Lond., x655. Reprinted in 2 vols., I2mo. Glasg., 1834. 3/- to 6/- A rich volume, dropping fatness. Invaluable to the preacher. Having read and re-read it, we can speak of its holy savor and suggestiveness. We commend it with much fervor.
414 DIMOCK (H.) Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Book of Psalms, etc.
4to. I791. 3/- The notes mainly concern the various readings, and exhibit considerable learning; but we do not think much of a homiletical kind can be got out of them.
415 DUNWELL (F. H., B.A.) Parochial Lectures on the Psalms, from the Fathers of the Primitive Church. 8vo. Lond., J. H. Parker. x855. 3/6. This author spiritualizes far too much. His metaphors are overdone.
416 EDWARDS (Joseph, M.A.) Devotional Exposition. 8vo. Lond., 1850.
1/6. A paraphrase of no great value. Even Masters of Arts may fail.
417 EDWARDS (T.) New Translation, with Notes, etc. 8vo. Lond., 1755. The writer was an able man, but his book is of small worth.
418 EWART (J.,A.M.) Lectures on the Psalms 3:1-8 vols., 8vo. Lond., :826.
5/’ The author was a Presbyterian Minister of the time of the Pretender, and we suspect that he was a high and dry Moderate. His comments were given at the public reading of the Scriptures, and although destitute of spirituality and Gospel clearness, they are not without a measure of originality.
419 EXTON (RICHARD BRUDENeLL). Sixty Lectures on the Psalms. as appointed to be read in the Services of the Church of England. 8vo. Lond., 1847. 3/’
Very poor and prosy. We pity the hearer who sat out these sixty lectures.
42O FENTON (THOMAS, M.A.) Annotations on Job and Psalms, from several Commentators. 8vo. Zonal., 1732. 3/- The Annotations are choice, but will be found in easily accessible works.
42I FENWICK (GEORGE, B.D.) Thoughts on the Hebrew Titles of the Psalms, etc. 8vo. Lond., 1749. 6/- The Psalter in its original form . . . with Arguments 422 ,, and Notes. [Anon.] 8vo. Lond., x789. 3/- These two works are praiseworthy in design, but they are too fanciful.
423 FORBES (GRANVILLE) The Voice of God in the Psalms. Cr. 8vo.
6/6. Lond., Macmillan. S. 3/6.
Sermons by a Northamptonshire Rector of the Broad School. They do not strike us as being anything very wonderful; certainly “The Voice of God” is not remarkably audible in them.
424 “FOUR FRIENDS.” The Psalms of David Chronologically arranged, with Notes. By Four Friends. Cr. 8vo. 8/6. Lond., Macmillan. 1867.
Here the Psalms are thrust out of their usual order, and treated after the manner eft he Broad School of thought. We do not attach any great value to this production. With some persons perversity passes for profundity, and if a man differs from everybody else they are persuaded that he must be an original genius: the “four friends” will stand high in the esteem of such critics. We neither believe in their chronology, their theology, nor their philology.
425 FRENCH (WILLIAM, D.D.) and SKINNER (GEORGE, M.A.) Translation, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., Parker. I842. 2/6. A version held in high esteem. Notes very short.
426 FRY (JOHN, B.A.) A Translation and Exposition of the Psalms, on the principles adopted in the posthumous work of Bishop Horsley; viz., that those sacred oracles have for the most part an immediate reference to Christ and to his first and second advents. 8vo. Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. I842. 5/-
Fry follows Bishop Horsley and looks much to the second advent. The work is not fair either as a translation, or as an exposition. It is useful in its own direction, as showing how a peculiar theory has been supported by an able man; but it must not be implicitly relied upon.
427 FYSH (FREDERIC, M.A.) A Lyrical, Literal Version [with Notes]. 2 vols., 12mo. Lond., Seeleys. 1851. -/6. A valuable literal version. Notes scant, but scholarly.
428 GEDDES (ALEXANDER, LL.D. A Raman Catholic divine. I737 —
I8O2).
New Translation, with Various Readings and Notes. geo. Land., 18o7. 3/’ This is said to be “a careful rendering, aiming at the primary meaning of the psalmists.” Dr. Henderson speaks of Geddes as flagrantly disfiguring his Biblical labors with profanity. He was a singular mixture of Romanist and free-thinker.
429 GOOD (JOHN MASON, M.D., F.R.S.) Historical Outline of the Book of Psalms. Edited by the Rev. John Mason Neale, B.A. Land., W. H.
Dalton. 1842. S/- This is not a commentary, but may be regarded as an introduction to the work next mentioned, by the same author. Historical light is frequently the very best which can be cast upon a passage, and Dr. Good has known how to apply it. He may sometimes be thought fanciful, but he is never really speculative, and he almost always says somethin6 worth notin6.
430 GOOD (J. M.) The Book of Psalms; a New Translation, with Notes.
Edited by the Rev. E. Henderson, D.D. 8va. Land., Seeleys. 1854. 4/-
Dr. Good was a medical gentleman with a large practice, and yet he managed to produce this learned volume. “I save every quarter of an hour for it,” said he, “for my heart is in it.” He was a man of 6rear attainments and genuine piety. The progress made in Hebrew philology and exegesis since his day has been great; but his work has not been altogether superseded. It is of a high class, from a literary pint of view, but must not be blindly followed.
431 GREEN (WILLIAM, M.A.) A Translation, with Notes. 8vo. ,762. 3/- A translation with meagre notes.
432 HAMMOND (HENRY, D.D. 16o5 — 166o). Paraphrase and Annotations. Folio. 1659. 7/6. 2vols. 8vo. Oxf., 1850. S. 6/-Much esteemed, and deservedly so. Hammond’s weighty tome is somewhat dry, and many of his remarks are rather those of a linguist than of a divine, but he touches on many matters which others omit, and is, upon the whole, an expositor of singular merit.
433 HAPSTONE (DALMAN, M.A.) The Psalms in appropriate Metres; a strictly literal Translation, with Notes. 8va. 7/6. Edinb., Oliphant. 1867.
We prefer our own version, and do not think many of Mr. Hapstone’s stanzas successful as attempts at poetry.
434 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D.D.) Commentary. 3 vols., 8va. f1 13s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1845-8. S. 15/- A masterly work; but about as dry as Gideon’s unwetted fleece.
435 HILLER (O. PRESCOTT. Minister of the New Jerusalem Church, Cross Street, London.) Notes on the Psalms [I. — LXXVII.] Explanatory of their Spiritual Sense. 8va. Lond., James Spiers. 1869. S. 4/- Swedenborgian, and frequently absurd. The author confounds rather than expounds.
436 HORNE (GEORGE, D.D. Bishop of Norwich. 1730 — 1792).
Commentary. [Numerous editions: among others a Glasgow edition, 3 vols., I2mo., with Introductory Essay by Edward Irving, M.A., which is one of Irving’s best efforts.
Tegg’s edition, 1 vol., 8vo. 6/-] S. 3/-It has been said that this author had no qualification for a corn, me, rotor except piety. This is not true, for he had natural poetry in his soul; and even if it were true, his work would 6o far to show how abundantly piety compensates for other deficiencies He is among the best of our Eng1ish writers on this part of Scripture, and certainly one of the most popular.
437 HORSLEY (SAMUEL Bishop of Norwich). The Book of Psalms. With Notes Explanatory and Critical. 8vo. Lond., 1833. 4/-
Vigorous writing, with a propensity to indulge in new readings, and a persistent twist in one direction. The notes show the hand of a master, and have exerted much influence in directing thoughtful minds to the subject of the Second Advent, as foreshadowed in the Old Testament, but they must be used with extreme caution.
438 JEBB (JOHN). Literal Translation; with Dissertations on the word Selah, and on the Authorship, Order, Titles, and Poetry of the Psalms 2:1-12 vols., 8vo. Lond., Longmans. x846. 4/-
Jebb takes for his motto in translating, that saying of/looker: “I ‘hold it for an infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst.” His notes are scant, but his dissertations in the second volume are most admirable.
439 JENNINGS (A. C., B.A.) and LOWE (W. H., M.A.) The Psalms, with Introductions and Critical Notes. Books III. and IV. [Psalms LXXIII. to CVI.] Cr. 8vo. 6/- Land., Macmillan & Co. I874.
Learned, but more occupied with mere verbal criticisms than with any useful suggestions which could be turned to account by a preacher.
440 JONES (JOSEPH, M.A.) The Psalms; with Reflections. 12mo. Lond.,
1846.
I/- to 2/- Pious, but poor.
441 KAY (WILLIAM, D.D.) The Psalms translated from the Hebrew. With Notes, chiefly Exegetical. 8vo. I2/6.
Lond., Rivingtons. 1871. A refreshing book; the notes being’ out of the ordinary run, and casting much light on many passages. To thoroughly appreciate this author one should be a Hebrew scholar.
442 KEBLE (JOHN, M.A. Author of “The Christian Year.” 1 792 — x869). The Psalter, in English Verse. Fcap. 8vo. 6/- Load., Parker & Co. x869. A poet’s version of a grand series of poems.
443 LANGE’S COMMENTARY. Edited by Dr. P. Schaff. Imp. 8vo. 21/- Subscribers 15/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872.
Comparatively feeble. Not up to the usual standard of this admirable series.
Still, it is among the best of modern commentaries.
444 LINTON (HENRY, M.A.) The Psalms of David and Solomon explained.
Fcap., 8vo. 3/- Lond., Bagsters. 1871. A small affair in all ways.
4.45 LUTHER (MARTIN). A Manual of the Book of Psalms; or the subject-contents of all the Psalms. Translated by Rev. Henry Cole. 8vo. Lond., 1823. [Also a volume of” :The Christian’s Family Library.” 12mo. Lond., Seeleys.] 2/- Fragmentary, a mere table of contents, but truly Lutheran.
4.46 MANT (RICHARD, D.D. Bishop of Down. I776 — 1849). The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version, with Notes. 8vo. Oxf, 1824. 3/- A bold version, with important notes. In this instance we can-less that there may be real poetry in a metrical version, and through the flame does not in each composition burn with equal brilliance, yet in some verses it is the true poetic fire. Mant is no mean writer.
4-47 MARSH (EDWARD GARRARD, M.A.) The Book of Psalms translated into English verse, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1832. 2/6.
Contains nothing of any consequence to an expositor, though the verse is considerably above the average of such productions.
448 MERRICK (JAMES, M.A. I72O0 — 1769). The Psalms Paraphrased in English verse. 12mo. Reading, 1766. 1/6.
,, Annotations on the Psalms 4:1-8 to. Reading, 1778. 3/’ These two works are scarce. They are rather more suited for the admirers of poetry than for ministers of the Word. It is said that some of the notes are by Archbishop Secker, and that Lowth also aided in the exposition; but the combined result is of no great value to the preacher.
449 MORISON (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of the Book of Psalms, explanatory, critical, and devotional. 2 vols, 8vo. 1829. 3 vols., 8vo. 1832.
8/-to 10/- The first volume is the best. 7here is nothing very original, but it is an instructive exposition, and ought to be better known.
450 MUDGE (ZACHARY. Prebendary of Exeter. Died 176o). An Essay towards a New English Version. 4to. Lond., x744- 3/’
Elegant in taste rather than sound in scholarship. Mudge was highly esteemed by Dr. Johnson, and he was no doubt a very worthy man; but his exposition can be dispensed with.
451 MURPHY (JAMES G., LL.D.) A Critical and Exegetical Comment. 8vo. I5/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1875. T/ds may be called a volume of compressed thought. The author has aimed at neither being too long nor too short, late has succeeded in producing a very useful and usable work, with many points of unusual value. Dr. Murphy is well known as an accomplished Hebraist and a lucid expositor. We have already noticed his works on Genesis ( 134) and Exodus (176).
452 NEALE (JOHN MASON, D.D.) and (LITTLEDALE, R. F., LL.D.) A Commentary, from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers.
4 vols., post 8vo. 10/6 each. Lond., Masters & Co. 1860-74.
Unique, and to very high churchmen most precious. We admire the learning and research; but the conceits, the twistings, and allegorical interpretations surpass conception. As a collection of mediaeval mysticisms it is unrivalled.
453 NICHOLSON (WILLIAM. Bishop of Gloucester. Died 1671).
David’s Harp Strung and Tuned; or, An Easie Analysis of the Whole Book of Psalms. Folio. Lond., i662. 21/-
“Wholly practical and explanatory. In his explications the author steers between the two extremes of literal and spiritual interpretation. Dr. Adam Clark has inserted Bishop Nicholson’s Analysis in his commentary on the Psalms, omitting his prayers.” — Horne. This book fetches a high price when complete, and we cannot advise a poor man to lay out so much money upon it, good as it is.
454 NOYES (G. R., D.D.) A New Translation, with Notes. 12mo. Boston, U. S., 1831 and 1846. 2/6 to 4/-
Dr. Noyes was the Hebrew Professor in Harvard University. His Introduction is full of information; the new translation is useful, and the notes are brief and pertinent.
455 OXENDEN (ASHTON, D.D. Bishop of Montreal). A Simple Exposition.
2 vols., cr. 8vo. 3/6 each. Lond., Hatchards. For reading at family prayers. Alas, poor families! Ye have need of patience.
456 PEROWNE (J. J. STEWART, B.D., Canon Res. of Llan- daft). The Book of Psalms; a New Translation, with Introductions and Notes. 8vo. Vol. I. 18/- Vol. II. 16/- [Abridged edition for Schools and Private Students. Cr.
8vo. 10/6.] Lond., George Bell & Sons. I864-68.
,4 masterpiece of extraordinary learning and critical skill, although not altogether what we would desire. The “Saturday Review” said : — ” Mr.
Perowne is probably as capable as any one in England of doing all that Hebrew scholarship? can do towards a better knowledge of the Psalms. The learning which he has brought together gives a value of its own to his book, and makes it an important contribution to a department of Biblical scholarship lit which we are at present rather poorly furnished .
457 PIERCE (SAMUEL. EYLES). The Book of Psalms 2:1-12 vols.. 8vo.
1817. Very scarce. 24/- This author is held in high esteem for the “sound and savory” character of his works. On the Psalms he writes to comfort and edification. The work is regarded as superexcellent by our extra-calvinistic friends, but we do not think it quite worth the fancy price which is now asked.
458 PHILLIPS (GEORGE., B.D.) The Psalms in Hebrew; with Commentary. 2 vols., 8vo. 21/- Lond., J. w. Parker, and Williams & Norgate. I846. S. 7/-
:[‘his Commentary will be valued by Hebrew scho1ars; but it is be- yond the general attainments of those for whom this Index is compiled.
459 PLAIN COMMENTARY (A) on the Book of Psalms (P. B. Version), chiefly grounded on the Fathers. 2 vols., Fcap. 8vo. 10/6. Oxf. & Land. Parker. 1859. S. 4/6. Of the High Church school, and rather strained in places, but abounding in sweet spiritual thoughts. We have read it with pleasure and profit, though with some caution.
460 PLUMER (WILLIAM S., DD., LL.D.) Studies in the Book of Psalms. Imp. 8vo. 28/- Edinb., A. & C. Black. i867. S. 18/- A huge volume, compiled from such works as were accessible to the author in the United States. Full of instructive comment, but not very original, or remarkably learned.
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION (A) of the Book of Psalms; by the Author of the Family Commentary on the New Testament. [? Mrs. Thomson.] 2 vols. 8vo. York, 1826. 2/- to 3/- For families. Consisting of remarks which would occur to any motherly person.
462 PRIDHAM (ARTHUR). Notes and Reflections on the Book of Psalms. Cr. 8vo. 8/6. Lond., James Nisbet & Co. 1869. S. 4/-Spiritual reflections of an excellent kind, but not very striking.
463 REMARKS upon the Psalms as Prophetic of the Messiah. 8vo. Lond., I843. 5/-Mere outlines: of no consequence.
,I.64 ROGERS (J., M.A.) The Book of Psalms in Hebrew, metrically arranged; with Selections from the various Readings of Kennicott and De Rossi, and from the Ancient Versions. 2 vols., 12mo. Oxf., I833. 2/6 to 4/. l”or the Hebrew scholar only.
465 ROSENMULLER (ERNEST F.C. 1768 — 1835). Annotations on the Messianic Psalms. Translated. i2mo. 7/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. I84I.
It may be altogether our own fault, but we cannot make any use of this volume No doubt these scholastic notes have a value; but commentaries upon inspired Scripture written in the same style as one might write upon Ovid or Horace are not to our taste. Gesenius praises this work for its criticisms. We wish there had been a little religion in it, but perhaps if there had been it would have been the religion of neology.
466 RYLAND (R. H., M.A.) The Psalms restored to Messiah. Sm. 8vo. 6/.
Lond., Nisbet. i853. S. 2/6.
Written with an admirable design. Good, but not very able. The subject still demands the pen of a master.
467 SHERIFFE (Mrs.) Practical Reflections. 2 vols., 12mo. Zonal., 182o.
2/-We hope they benefited the printer; they will not help the reader much.
468 SPURGEON (CHARLES HArmON). The Treasury of David: containing an Original Exposition of the Book of Psalms; a Collection of Illustrative Extracts from the whole range of literature; a Series of Homiletical Hints upon almost every verse; and Lists of Writers upon each Psalm. [In progress.] Vol. I. containing Psalms I. — XXVI. ; Vol. II. Pss. XXVII. —
I.II.; Vol. III. Pss. LIII. — LXXVIII.; Vol. IV. Pss.
LXXIX. — CIII. 8/-each. Zonal., Passmore & Alabaster.
187o, etc. P & A edition available from Pilgrim Publications, To be completed in six volumes, if God permit. Reviewers have handled this book with remarkable kindness, and the. public have endorsed their judgment by largely purchasing the volumes already issued. It would not become us to say more.
469 STREET (STEPHEN, M.A.) A New Literal Version; with a Preface and Notes. 2vols.,8vo. Lond., x79o. 3/.
One hardly desires a rigidly literal translation of a poetic book, for the beauty and spirit are lost. The notes are purely critical and are superseded by later works 470 THOLUCK (AUGUSTUS F., D.D., Ph.D.) A Translation and Commentary. Translated from the German by J. Isidor Morn- bert. 8vo. Lond., Nisbet & Co. x856. S. 5/6.
Tholuck is one of the most spiritual of German interpreters. Though we cannot say that this is equal to some others of his works, yet he is a great writer, and always deserves attention.
THRUPP (JosEPH FRANCIS, M.A.) An Introduction to the Study and Use of the Psalms 2:1-12 vols., 8vo. 21,/- Lond. and Cam&, Macmillan & Co.
I86o. S. 12/- Though not the best, it is still a learned and helpful work of its class.
TUCKER (WILLIAM HILL, M.A.) The Psalms [P. B. Version], with Notes, showing their Prophetic and Christian Character. Post 8vo. 6/- Lond., 184o. S. 2/6 The writer refers all the Psalms to Christ, and writes many weighty things, but we cannot place him in the front rank among expositors.
473 WAKE (W. R.) A Literal Version of the Psalms into Modern Language, according to the Liturgy translation. 2 vols., Cr 8vo. Bath.,
I793. 3/’
Think of a translation of a translation. The author was Wake, but not awake, or he would never have wasted so much good paper.
474 WALFORD (WILLIAM. Late Classical and Hebrew Tutor at Homerton). A New Translation, with Notes, Explanatory and Critical. 8vo. Lond., 1837. 2/3 to 3/- Contains some useful notes, good, but not specially remarkable.
475 WEISS (BENJ. Missionary to the yews, Algiers). A New Translation, Exposition, and Chronological Arrangement of the Book of Psalms, with Critical Notes. 8vo. Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1852. S. 2/6 The Psalms are arranged in a new order, and are very hard to find. The author is dogmatic to the last degree. Our estimate of his work is not so high as his own.
47• WILCOCKS (THOMAS, A.M. -Puritan. 1549 — 1608). A very godly and learned exposition upon the whole Book of Psalms. Works.
Folio.] See No. 336.
:Short spiritual remarks, followed by many doctrinal interences, calculated to suggest topics to preachers.
477 WILSON (W., D.D.) The Psalms; with an Exposition, Typical and Prophetical, of the Christian Dispensation. 2 vols. 8vo. 16/- Lond., Nisbet.
I86O. S. 5/-
We have consulted Wilson with advantage and often quoted from him in the” Treasury of David,” He is a clear, gospel Expositor, and has written much that is weighty and precious.
478 WOODFORD (SAMUEL). A Paraphrase. 4to. Lond., I667. 3/’
Poor rhymes; though the preface says of the author —
“At length the skillful way you found, With a true ear judg’d the melodious sound, And with a nimble hand run descant on the Hebrew ground.”
It would seem from this that the poem scrambles on all-fours, and we think it does 479 WRIGHT (ABRAHAM). A Practical Commentary, wherein the Text of every Psalme is Practically expounded, according to the Doctrine of the Catholick Church, in a way not usually trod by Commentators; and wholly applyed to the Life and Salvation of Christians. Very thin folio, 1661.
Wright selects the more remarkable verses, and comments upon them in a deeply spiritual, quaint, and suggestive manner. His work is extremely rare.
480 ZILLWOOD (J. O.) The Psalms, arranged in Parallelisms, with Notes, chiefly from Bishops Horne and Horsley. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1855. 3/’ The student had better get Horne and Horsley for himself, and he will have no need of this.