Spurgeon and the Psalms: The Book of Psalms with Devotions from Charles Spurgeon

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon & the Psalm s will guide you into reading and meditating on God's Word with the insight of “the prince of preachers.” This devotional psalter features a brief extract from Charles Spurgeon's beloved  The Treasury of David  leading into each of the 150 chapters of Psalms. In this edition, Spurgeon's insights are paired with the trusted New King James Version. The NKJV balances the literary beauty and familiarity of the King James tradition with an extraordinary commitment to preserving the grammar and structure of the underlying biblical languages.  The result is a Bible translation that is both beautiful and uncompromising—perfect for serious study, devotional use, and reading aloud. Features   About the Maclaren  Named for noted Victorian-era preacher Alexander Maclaren, this series of elegant Bibles features regal blue highlights and verse numbers, and clear, line-matched text.

Genres: Devotional, Christian, Theology, Scripture, Nonfiction

548 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 10, 2022

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian, John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues, Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861, the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.

Reviews

[Mia Floriani · Rating 5 out of 5]

i highly recommend reading the psalms in the NKJV! love Spurgeon and his commentary, such a lovely little book!

[Caly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spurgeon on anything is equal parts convicting and encouraging. I will be back for more.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

First sentence: Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

What I didn't love.....

The pages are VERY thin. There is a LOT of ghosting. Depending on the length of the psalm on the page, you can read other psalms through the paper. Thomas Nelson has published some great Bibles with minimal ghosting. I know that it is possible for them to design a Bible well, with minimal ghosting and beautiful layout.

These are short devotions. Do not expect Treasury of David. Just don't. If you've read even a little of Treasury of David you might expect something substantive and meaty about each psalm. These are short, concise devotions. Not exactly fluffy and superficial but not as substantive as reading other Spurgeon books.

What I loved....

Each psalm gets its own page. Each psalm has a "devotion" by Charles Spurgeon. I absolutely love the premise of a stand-alone book of psalms. I love the light-weight, take-it-with-you notion of reading and rereading Psalms. Psalms are meant to be read again-again-again. The book of Psalms should be SO familiar and beloved by Christians. This book does encourage you to make psalms part of your daily life.

It uses the New King James Version.

[Susan Shipe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was preparing my June discipline to read through the Psalms – five chapters per day – when I was offered the chance to review this gem of a book from Bible Gateway.
This lovely leather edition of “Spurgeon and the Psalms” is a simple and straight-forward devotional. Presented in the New Kings James Version, each chapter opens with a devotion by Spurgeon, the psalm itself and footnotes at the end of each. The print is clear and concise. The pages are exquisitely smooth in texture.
“The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure…” C.H. Spurgeon
The devotional book can be found on Amazon here or at Bible Gateway here.
I have received this copy for free as a member of BG2 for review. I am a #BibleGatewayPartner.

[Shawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The more I read the Book of Psalms the more I want to learn more about the Psalms. You can find something in every Psalm that you can relate to or know someone that can relate. Psalm 119 exalts God’s Word as the source of all wisdom, guidance, and strength. It urges believers and hopefully non believers to love, obey and delight with all their hearts in God’s Word above everything else.

This is a book that I will read year after year.

[William Blanchette · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good devotional read

I’ve wanted to read some Spurgeon for some time and this was a good introduction. I liked his introductions/insights into each Psalm as we went, it provided a new perspective on Psalms that I have read many times before. It freshened my thoughts as I made the journey.

[Rebecca]

This book combined with a copy of ESV Psalms Scripture Journal and the Blue Bible Binder will make a James Method Study of the Book of Psalms altogether.

[Joel Rockey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome.

[Joshua Pearsall · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful devotional walking through the Psalms.

[Deborah Rutherford · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book begins with a preface by 19th-century English pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon "the prince of preachers." He pens, "The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves." Spurgeon writes that the Psalms were the Christians' ballads. These are lovely songs of God and sacred hymns of holy feelings.

What an excellent way to read the Book of Psalms, as it encourages your heart this summer. The Psalms are where God revealed Himself so we can know His love for us. Each devotion starts with a short passage from Spurgeon from "The Treasury of David," followed by each of the 150 Psalms.

Add this beautiful, soft leather book to your devotional time and Bible study as you meditate on God's word. The back has a place for notes.

I highly recommend this book as a gift to a dear friend or yourself.

[Arielle Thorpe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Less of a devotional and more of Spurgeon pulling an excerpt from the Psalm and talking about it, which I loved reading his thoughts and understandings on the psalm.