17th Century & Earlier Commentaries on the Psalms

The following is a list of 17th century & Earlier commentaries on the Book of Psalms. These are classics! Don't skip over them!

COMMENTARIES ON THE PSALMS (17TH CENTURY & EARLIER)

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Augustine. Expositions of the Book of Psalms. The Works of Saint Augustine. (6 Vols. New City Press, 2000).
Conservative. [Early Catholic]

Recommended by:

• Smith, Wilbur M., ed. International Bible Lessons for Christian Living. Uniform Series, 1949. Peloubet's Select Notes. (1948).

  "The best edition of this work…is…the first series. This is by far the greatest work on the Psalms in the Christian church for the next thousand years."

Calvin, John. Commentary on the Book of Psalms. Trans. James Anderson. Calvin's Commentaries. Vols. 4-6. (1557; 3 vols. Reprint ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2003).
Conservative. [French Protestant Reformer]

Recommended by:

• Evans, John F. A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works. (na; 5th ed, revised. na).
• Mays, James L. Psalms. Patrick D. Miller, ed. (1994).
• Smith, Wilbur M., ed. International Bible Lessons for Christian Living. Uniform Series, 1949. (1948).
  

  "This is a monumental work, one of the finest commentaries ever done by the greatest Biblical expositor of the Reformation. Nothing appeared comparable to Calvin for the next three hundred years."

• The Buswell Library. Selected Old Testament Commentaries. (7 May, 2002).

Chrysostom, Saint John. St. John Chrysostom: Commentary on the Psalms. Translated with an introduction by Robert Charles Hill. 2 Volumes. (Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998). 1: 388 pages; 2: 387 pages.

Reviewed by:

• Paulson Pulikottil (Union Biblical Seminary) RBL 1/29/2001
  

Dickson, David. A Commentary on the Psalms. (London: na., 1655; 2 vols. Reprint ed. Minneapolis, MN: Klock & Klock Christian Publishers, 1980).
Conservative. [Scottish Presbyterian] Devotional; Scottish Covenanter.

Recommended by:

• Spurgeon, C. H. Commenting and Commentaries. (1876; Reprint ed. 1981).
• Vincent, Robert & Tim Leaman. Compilation of Commentaries on the Books of the Bible. (na).

Diodore, of Tarsus (Bishop of Tarsus). Diodore of Tarsus: Commentary on Psalms 1-51. Edited and Translated by Robert C. Hill. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 9. (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2005.). Pp. xxxviii + 182.

Reviewed by:

• Martin Albl (Presentation College) RBL12/10/2005
• D. J. Human (University of Pretoria) RBL 12/10/2005
  

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17th Century & Earlier Commentaries on the Psalms