The familiar and yet unfamiliar world of the Psalms -- Textual criticism -- Sense Rhythms of the Psalms -- Historical and source criticism -- Superscriptions -- PSalm genres and form criticism -- Redaction criticism -- Canonical criticism -- Rhetorical or literary criticism -- Reader-oriented criticism -- Appraisal of the various types of criticism -- Use of the Psalms today -- Excursus: The Davidic Psalms.