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→Scholarly Editions: Alter's book seems more aimed at popular readership than scholars; someone with more expertise in this area is welcome to rejigger this :-)
=== Scholarly Editions===
*''A Comparative Psalter'', John Kohlenberger, ed., Oxford, 2006. (ISBN 978-0195297607). This contains the Masoretic Text with translation in the Revised Standard Version, and the Septuagint with translation in the New English Translation of the Septuagint.
===Popular Editions===
*''[https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Book-of-Psalms The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary]'', Robert Alter, W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. (ISBN 978-0393337044). Alter captures the simplicity, the physicality, and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of these ancient poems. His learned and insightful commentary illuminates the obscurities of the text.
