Critical Praise

"Pamela Greenberg’s delicious new translation of the psalms…has lifted the old language from spider webs and mothballs, breathing new air into the songs."

—Mary Karr, author of Lit and The Liar’s Club

"Greenberg's version speaks with a directness and simplicity that distinguishes it from the magniloquence of most other versions…A clear and moving…translation of the Psalms for modern readers."

—Library Journal

"[Greenberg’s] authentic engagement with these poems of universal human experience comes through in her translation…[her] knowledge of the original language of the psalms and their stylistic characteristics keeps the book from becoming simply a meditation about, or reaction to, any existing version in English…[Readers] should welcome this poetic translation as not only the work of a modern poet but also fresh commentary on one of the best-loved books of the Bible."

—PublishersWeekly.com