Volume 5 treats the whole Psalter, giving each psalm its own introduction, comment and notes, with attention to the Hebrew poetry, the superscriptions, the arrangement of the five books of the Psalter, and the types of psalm from lament and thanksgiving to royal and wisdom psalms. The messianic psalms receive particular care.

The revised Expositor's Bible Commentary, edited by Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland, is a multi-contributor evangelical series keyed to the English text. Each section gives an overview, verse-by-verse commentary, and notes on the original languages kept separate so readers without Greek or Hebrew can use the volume comfortably. A single volume devoted to the Psalms allows room for each one, which matters in a book preachers return to more than any other. Suited to sermon preparation, devotional study, and anyone wanting to understand how the Psalter is put together.