This definitive edition of "Reb Zalman's" "Psalms in a Translation for Praying" is a contemporary translation like no other. It has been written and refined over a lifetime for all --Jewish, Christian, and unaffiliated--who wish to use the Psalms as a conduit for their conversation with God. In the Preface, Reb Zalman writes:
There are many translations of the Psalms available. Why bother to translate them again, and in this manner?
In my work with liturgy, I found that when a version was overly faithful to the Hebrew, it was good for studying. If it was sonorous and high sounding,...