Meditate on the Psalms with the ‘ESV Devotional Psalter’ on ESV.org

Communing with God through the Psalms

The content originally published as the ESV Devotional Psalter is available as part of the Basic subscription plan via ESV.org.

The Psalms are the only extended portion of Scripture written to God—they are prayers. As such, the Psalms are uniquely suited to foster communication with God, which is the purpose of this edition. The ESV Devotional Psalter pairs each of the 150 psalms with brand-new devotional content written by Dr. Dane Ortlund, guiding readers to thoughtfully interact with and pray through the Scriptures.

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The devotional content of the ESV Devotional Psalter is intentionally designed to point to and highlight the biblical text, and to build bridges from the Psalms into the reader's heart.


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