Singing the Canonical Psalms
Rev. Angus Stewart presents the theological and canonical uniqueness of the Psalms, arguing that they alone among Scripture are divinely ordained for singing by God's people. The article establishes the Psalms' distinctive role in Scripture through their extended composition period, multiple authors, comprehensive scope, and express purpose as a songbook for corporate worship.
Rev. Angus Stewart (an edited, written version of Rev. Stewart’s opening presentation in the debate on “Exclusive Psalmody“) The Uniqueness of the Psalms The book of Psalms occupies a special, even unique, role in all the Scriptures. First, only the book of Psalms was penned over a period stretching some thousand years, at least all the way from the Psalm of Moses in the wilderness (Ps. 90) to Judah’s captivity by the rivers of Babylon (Ps. 137). This covers almost all of the period in which...