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Dalia Cohen and Daniel Weill. "Progress in Deductive Research on the Original Performance of Tiberian Accents (Te'amim)." Proceedings of the Ninth World Conference of Jewish Studies, Division D, Vol. II (Jerusalem, 1986): 265–80; cf. also, e.g., the review by P.T. Daniels, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 112, No. 3 (Jul.–Sep., 1992), p. 499. The Psalms are a mirror to our souls that reveal our deepest longings. Their words shape our hearts by connecting with the Psalmists in a deep and emotional way: d Hebrew the head of the corner ; cited in Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11, and 1 Peter 2:7

Comments on the Psalms of Hilary of Poitiers, fourth century, Paris, Editions du Cerf, 2008, collection Christian sources No. 515 Have you ever not known what to pray? The psalms give believers the right words to pray when no words come to mind.Despite the frequently heard view that their ancient music is lost, the means to reconstruct it are still extant. Fragments of temple psalmody are preserved in ancient synagogue and church chant, particularly in the tonus peregrinus melody to Psalm 114. [48] Cantillation signs, to record the melody sung, were in use since ancient times; evidence of them can be found in the manuscripts of the oldest extant copies of Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls and are even more extensive in the Masoretic text, which dates to the Early Middle Ages and whose Tiberian scribes claimed to be basing their work on temple-period signs. (See Moshe ben Asher's 'Song of the Vine' colophon to the Codex Cairensis). [49] Royal psalms, which present the Davidic monarchy as the vehicle of blessing for God’s people. Some of these are prayers ( Psalm 20), some are thanksgivings ( Psalm 21). All relate to the Messiah, the ultimate heir of David, either by setting a pattern ( Psalms 20–21) or by portraying the king’s reign in such a way that only the Messiah can completely fulfill it ( Psalms 2; 72), or by focusing on the future ( Psalm 110). The Psalms will shatter to pieces any ideas that being a Christian is a walk in the park. The Psalms show us the wide spectrum of the Christian life, from mountain top experiences to walking in the valley of the shadow of death. Zenner, Johannes Konrad (1896). Die Chorgesänge im Buche der Psalmen: ihre Existenz und ihre Form nachgewiesen. Herder. The General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours, 122 sanctions three modes of singing/recitation for the Psalms:

Do you read/sing/pray psalms enough in your church?If you were going to use them more, what ideas might you have to do that?Two clauses expressing the idea of amplifying the first claim is known as expansive parallelism. An example of expansive parallelism: In Great Britain, the 16th-century Coverdale psalter still lies at the heart of daily worship in Cathedrals and many parish churches. The new Common Worship service book has a companion psalter in modern English. Paul the Apostle quotes psalms (specifically Psalms 14 and 53, which are nearly identical) as the basis for his theory of original sin, and includes the scripture in the Epistle to the Romans, chapter 3.