Psalms are the most popular biblical texts far beyond their ecclesiastical use. They inspire contemporary poets like Arnold Stadler and SAID to create their own poetic innovations and adaptations. This volume presents the 150 biblical psalms in the translation by the Dutch priest-poet Huub Oosterhuis as a German first edition. He has worked on this book for almost a lifetime; it is the most mature fruit of his poetic art and spirituality. Like no one else, Huub Oosterhuis has fused biblical and contemporary language and is regarded as the most significant spiritual poet of our time in the German-speaking world.