According to Hill, it cannot be ascertained if Chrysostom worked on a Psalter that had fewer Psalms than 150 or commentaries on certain Psalms are lost in transmission. However, it seems that the Father is working from a book of Psalms that had Ps 150 as its last Psalm. This section also includes discussions on circumstances of composition, text of the Psalter used, and the nature, structure and the coverage of the present commentary. This makes the present work an important contribution to Chrysostom studies. The second part of the first volume and the whole of the second volume is the translation.
Translation is lucid and clear though it is word by word.
On the flip side, the reader gets a feel of antiquity, which is laudable. As far as date of composition is concerned, Hill would like to date it early in the life of Chrysostom and before he composed the Genesis commentary. Hill gives due weight to the suggestion of some scholars that this has to be dated before 398 C.E. in the early priestly life of the father. Though most readers may not disagree with this conclusion, they may find the premises of his argument questionable. Hill thinks that given Chrysostom's conservative approach to scripture limits work to be a commentary than exegesis.