The Gibson brothers—David and Jonathan—are a real gift to the church, and one of them has done it again. They have worked together on weighty theological topics through books like From Heaven He Came and Sought Her or Ruined Sinners to Reclaim. Jonathan Gibson has done valuable work with Be Thou My Vision, an excellent devotional, and was responsible for editing I Will Build My Church and bringing it back into print. That book is Thomas Witherow’s outstanding defense of Presbyterianism. Why don’t you have it yet?
But David Gibson was responsible for this one. This book, the one I am supposed to be talking about, The Lord of Psalm 23, is a really fine treatment of that world-famous psalm. Gibson is acutely aware of the fact that Psalm 23 is a really well-traveled path, and yet throughout his verse-by-verse exposition, he does a great job of keeping familiar aspects of the psalm fresh, as well as surprising us with new angles. The more you learn about this psalm, the more it becomes obvious that this psalm is not as beloved as it is through some fluke or accident. A poetic masterpiece, it speaks to us in ways we understand, and at depths we do not yet recognize. This book will be a real help in understanding a bit more how and why that is.