The Psalms as Christian Scripture. Reading the Psalms Theologically presents rich biblical-theological studies on the Psalter. - Reading the Psalter as a Unified Book: Recent Trends (David M. Howard and Michael K. Snearly) - The Macrostructural Design and Logic of the Psalter: An Unfurling of the Davidic Covenant (Peter C. W. Ho) - David's Biblical Theology and Typology in the Psalms: Authorial Intent and Patterns of the Seed of Promise (James M. Hamilton) - A Story in the Psalms? Narrative Structure at the "Seams" of the Psalter's Five Books (David "Gunner" Gunderson) - Does the Book of Psalms Present a Divine Messiah? (Seth D. Postell) - The Suffering Servant in Book V of the Psalter (Jill Firth) - Excavating the "Fossil Record" of a Metaphor: The Use of the Verb nasa' as "to forgive" in the Psalter (C. Hassell Bullock) - The Art of Lament in Lamentations (May Young) - The Psalms of Lament and the Theology of the Cross (Rolf A. Jacobson) - "In Sheol, who can give you praise?" Death in the Psalms (Philip S. Johnston) - Psalm 32: More Accurately a Declarative Praise than Penitential Psalm (Daniel J. Estes) - Theology of the Nations in the Book of Psalms (Ryan J. Cook) - Psalm 87 and the Promise of Inclusion (Jamie A. Grant) - YHWH Among the Gods: The Trial for Justice in Psalm 82 (Andrew J. Schmutzer) - Reclaiming Divine Sovereignty in the Anthropocene: Psalms 93–100 and the Convergence of Theology and Ecology (J. Clinton McCann) - A Theology of Glory: Divine Sanctum and Service in the Psalter (Jerome Skinner) - Perceptions of Divine Presence in the Levitical Psalms of Book 2: The Paradox of Distance and Proximity (J. Nathan Clayton) - Psalm 110, Jesus, and Melchizedek (David C. Mitchell) The essays interpret the Psalms as a carefully-composed book. Each study focuses on a biblical or theological topic, drawing insights from past interpreters and current scholarship.