The message of the Bible is urgent and comprehensive. Why then is it written in the compressed and concise language of poetry? Some find the Bible's poetry irrelevant; others consider poetic language something to be decoded and ultimately discarded so to arrive at summary, theme, or sermon. Psalms as Poetry: The Language of Wonder, Prayer, and Praise takes what is known as the "little Bible," the book of Psalms, and listens to its language. Its poetry is inescapable. But more importantly, it is revelatory.