Why should we love the Psalms?

A few years ago, I remember a young man—a professing Christian for a long time, I might add—saying without any qualification to me, “I don’t really like the Psalms.” And he had no interest in seeing why that might be a problem.

Now, if you claimed that other books were more impactful for you than the Psalms, that would be one thing. Or if you noted that the poetry of the Psalms was challenging and you were trying to grow in your understanding of it, that would be another thing. Or if you said that you were new to the Bible and you didn’t really grasp what was going on in the Psalms or why they mattered, even that would be acceptable.

But to simply state, “I don’t really like the Psalms,” well, that’s a sentiment you shouldn’t want to maintain. In fact, I hope that you not only come to like the Psalms but to love them. Consider five reasons why you should love the book of Psalms.