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Dr. Ellen Davis discusses the Psalms as a script for the full range of human experience before God.

Most of us can probably recall a verse or two from the book of Psalms—something comforting, or words inside a hymn we know. But Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, and tucked inside this same book of scripture are psalms of rage, cursing, and despair that are a lot harder to make sense of. Today, Dr. Ellen Davis joins us to talk about this ancient, essential book, and describes the Psalms as a kind of script for the full range of human experience before God. The Psalms, she says, expose ...

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Guest: Ellen Davis

Topics covered

• Psalms
• prayer
• human experience
• spirituality
• rage
• despair

Keywords

• Psalms
• prayer
• spirituality
• rage
• despair
• human experience
• Bible

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