Using the insights of the "shape and shaping of the Psalms", James Chatham presents a study for nonexperts to explore the interactions that various psalms have with one another. The book invites us to listen in on several psalm conversations, to realize how contemporary they are, and to join them.

Chatham encourages us to immerse ourselves in the mind, heart, and world of the Psalms editor, to get to know those editors well, and to realize that their world was, in important ways, very much like ours.

Through this process, the messages spoken by the Psalms emerge with words of faith about everyday issues in human living, both then and now.