I love the way this translation weaves David's Psalms and the events of his life that the Psalms were written about. It brings the Psalms to life and tempers his actions by revealing David's heart. His poetry illuminates his life -- being seized by the Philistines, feigning madness before Abimelech, hiding in the cave from Saul.
David is a warrior poet and I like him for this. He leads men into battle but he also takes time to mediate and write. He fights and then writes of his fear and hopes and prayers to his God. He is Hemingway-esque -- a man's man suffering from the sins common to men. But his is a heart that God loves and it is the heart of a poet and a warrior.
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