Comments on: Distilled Prayer Project http://psalterstudies.wordpress.com Thoughts on the Psalms and their use by Christians through the ages Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: +dale http://psalterstudies.wordpress.com/distilled-prayer-project/#comment-106 +dale Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:48:57 +0000 http://athirst.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-106 first, thank you for your studies; i always find them thought-provocative. second, it seems that there are these days fewer and fewer users of the entire psalter. even the new and beautiful <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=QvDzBsdghRUC" rel="nofollow">benedictine daily prayer</a> has an abbreviated psalter, many liturgical psalters leave many of the psalms out, and the book of common prayer 1979 allows entire psalms or difficult parts to be left out. for those of us who think there is a great advantage to praying the entire psalter, i find your discussion of the perhaps noble history of shorter psalters both fascinating and challenging. first, thank you for your studies; i always find them thought-provocative.

second, it seems that there are these days fewer and fewer users of the entire psalter. even the new and beautiful benedictine daily prayer has an abbreviated psalter, many liturgical psalters leave many of the psalms out, and the book of common prayer 1979 allows entire psalms or difficult parts to be left out.

for those of us who think there is a great advantage to praying the entire psalter, i find your discussion of the perhaps noble history of shorter psalters both fascinating and challenging.

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