Praying with the Psalms: A Year of Daily Prayers and Reflections

by Eugene H. Peterson

Publisher:

HarperOne

, 2024

Overview

A devotional prayer book focusing on one year with the Psalms, the most sensitive and honest words written about daily stress and daily blessings.

Prayer is both our most human action and our most human language. But, as with any other language, we may find ourselves clumsy and undisciplined in our attempts at it. Praying with the Psalms can help Christians become fluent in the language of prayer, encouraging us to pray even when we don’t feel like it, and to learn prayers that are both honest and right.

Based on the life and words of David, the Psalms provide insightful reflections on depression, anger, frustration, fear, and insecurity, as well as joy, exhilaration, triumph, and gladness. Praying with the Psalms offers daily readings to guide us in expressing to God the wide range of human emotions. Through this enriched communication with God, we are led to deeper understanding—and a truer following—of his will.

Product Details

• Title: Praying with the Psalms: A Year of Daily Prayers and Reflections
• Author: Eugene H. Peterson
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 418
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780062030115, 9780060665678, 006066567X, 0062030116
• Resource ID: LLS:9780062030115
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T19:15:24Z

About Eugene H. Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. He wrote more than thirty books, including his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, his memoir, The Pastor, and numerous works of biblical spiritual formation, including Run with the Horses, also available in a commemorative edition. Peterson was founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, where he served for twenty-nine years before retiring in 1991. With degrees from Seattle Pacific, New York Theological Seminary, and Johns Hopkins University, he served as professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, until retiring in Lakeside, Montana, in 2006.