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REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMSBorn in Ireland in 1898, C. S. Lewis was educatedat Malvern College for a year and then privately.He gained a triple First at Oxford and was a Fellowand Tutor at Magdalen College 1925-54. In 1954 hebecame Professor of Mediaeval and RenaissanceLiterature at Cambridge. He was an outstandingand popular lecturer and had a deep and lastinginfluence on his pupils.C. S. Lewis was for many years an atheist, anddescribed his conversion in Surprised by Joy: 'In theTrinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted thatGod was God . perhaps the most dejected andreluctant convert in all England.' It was this experience that helped him to understand not only apathybut active unwillingness to accept religion, and,as a Christian writer, gifted with an exceptionallybrilliant and logical mind and a lucid, lively style, hewas without peer. The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, The Four Loves andthe posthumous Prayer: Letters to Malcolm areonly a few of his best-selling works. He also wrotebooks for children, and some science fiction, besidesmany works of literary criticism. His works areknown to millions of people all over the world intranslation. He died on 22 November 1963, at hishome in Oxford.
B O O K S BY C. S. LEWISAVAILABLE FROM F O U N T PAPERBACKSThe Abolition of ManThe Business of HeavenChristian ReflectionsChristian ReunionCompelling ReasonThe Dark TowerFern-seed and ElephantsThe Four LovesGod in the DockThe Great DivorceLettersLetters to ChildrenMere ChristianityMiraclesNarrative PoemsThe Pilgrim's RegressPrayer: Letters to MalcolmThe Problem of PainReadings for Reflection and MeditationReflections on the PsalmsThe Screwtape LettersScrewtape Proposes a ToastSurprised by JoyTill We Have FacesBOOKS FOR CHILDRENAVAILABLE FROM H A R P E R C O L L I N SThe Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. LewisR E F L E C T I O N S ONT H E PSALMSFountAn Imprint of HurperCoXYinsPublishers
Fount Paperbacks is an Imprint ofHarperCoUmsReligiousPart of HarperCollinsPaWzs ers77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London w6 8JBFirst published in Great Britain in 1958 and in 1967by Fontana BooksFirst printed in Fount Paperbacks in 1977This edition first published 1998135791 08642Copyright 1958 Literat S.A.The Book of Common Prayer is Crown CopyrightExtracts are reproduced by permission.A catalogue record for this bookis available from the British LibraryISBN O 00 628092 7Printed and bound in Great Britain byCaledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd, GlasgowCONDITIONS OF SALEThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out orotherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consentin any form of binding or cover other than that in which itis published and without a similar condition including thiscondition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted,in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the priorpermission of the publishers.
ToAustin and Katharine Farrer
Contents
IIntroductory
2'Judgement' in the Psalms
BOOKS BY C. S. LEWIS AVAILABLE FROM FOUNT PAPERBACKS The Abolition of Man The Business of Heaven Christian Reflections Christian Reunion Compelling Reason The Dark Tower Fern-seed and Elephants The Four Loves God in the Dock The Great Divorce Letters Letters to Children Mere Christianit
