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Throughout the generations, the Book of Psalms has been a perennial source of inspiration and solace for the Jewish community. Our Haven and Our Strength: The Book of Psalms, featuring the Hebrew text with a fresh gender-neutral translation, invites readers to experience fully the poetry of each psalm. Martin Samuel Cohen's probing commentary focuses on each psalm's spiritual intent, thus bridging the gap between the worldview of the psalmist and the perspective of the modern reader. Appropriate for devotional and study use, this book inspires readers to embrace the beauty of the Psalms in their individual quests for spirituality and faith.
Comments about Our Haven and Our Strength
This is a helpful and illuminating companion to the Book of Psalms. In Our Haven and Our Strength, Martin Samuel Cohen gives us a vivid translation of the Psalms; each is introduced by a commentary that clarifies its main themes and focuses attention on the existential questions of the reader who seeks to come closer to God. Such a reader is gently challenged to explore his or her own faith in response to these ancient Jewish words.—Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, author of Genesis: The Beginning of Desire
and Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus
Our Sages write, "Turn Torah over and over again, for all is in it." Rabbi Martin Cohen has proven this true in his original and comforting Our Haven and Our Strength. He has cast new light on ancient and well-mined texts and readers will be moved by his remarkably religious and sensitive commentary. We are all in his debt for this spiritual achievement.
—Rabbi David Ellenson,
President of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York
A beautiful rendering of the Psalms, with a commentary that makes each psalm fresh, specific, and very helpful in dealing with suffering and challenges to faith.
—Rabbi Joseph Telushkin,
author of Jewish Literacy and The Book of Jewish Values
The Psalms have been a staple of my spiritual nourishment since my boyhood, but M.S. Cohen's vibrant translation opened them up to me in a whole new way. He manages to keep enough of the resonance I recognize from the classic King James translation, but also draws on language that stays true to the Hebrew yet speaks to the 21st century. A remarkable scholarly and poetic achievement.