What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1958 book about the Psalms?

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Reflections on the Psalms is C.S. Lewis’s 1958 book about the Psalms.

The work is a collection of short reflections on selected themes and problems arising from the biblical Psalter. Lewis discusses subjects including praise, cursing, judgment, beauty, and the relationship between human poetry and divine inspiration.

Rather than offering a verse-by-verse academic commentary, the book presents a literary and devotional response. Lewis approaches the Psalms as a reader, poet, and Christian thinker, paying attention to both their language and their religious claims.

It is sometimes confused with Lewis’s later book Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, which appeared in 1964. The two books share a reflective style, but Reflections on the Psalms is specifically centered on the biblical collection of hymns and prayers.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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