A Culture of Psalms

[@PadraigTomas]

The moment I heard the words "Buy another book," I laughed - with the recognition of a lust for the printed word which lives within me.

[@Apriluser]

My husband and I do three of the Daily Office (usually too tired for Compline 😅). We read (and occasionally chant) through the Psalter monthly as well as read the lectionary readings morning and evening. Growing up in the Evangelical/Pentecostal world, I was not aware of a “rule of life” that the prayer book offers. Having been received into ACNA and my spouse our priest, I would call the Daily Office an invitation into a deeper conversion. And my love for the Psalms has deepened tremendously. Thank you for your videos. They are like “droplets of grace” from the Father. Blessings.

[@AmericanShia786]

Yes, I prefer the LXX to the Masoretic Text. But, I still own a translation of the Tanakh, and a Chabad Lubovitcher Chumash. I try to read the Psalter and Canticles as part of my daily Scripture reading every day. The Zabur is what Muslims call the Psalms of the Prophet King David, but you probably already know that. My little secret is that, as much as I have tried for 25 years to replace the KJV Psalter with various versions of the Coverdale Psalter or the NKJV Psalter, all those KJV Psalter choruses I sang at the Pentecostal Holiness Church I attended for 8 years are still with me. Along with the Quran, I carry a Psalter with me when I am out and about, though not necessarily a KJV Psalter. The Pocket version of A Psalter for Prayer is the perfect size.

[@dalecaldwell]

@@AmericanShia786 of course you do.

[@eliasg.2427]

I wonder: What do you think of the cursing psalms like Psalm 108 and how do you pray them?

[@dalecaldwell]

@eliasg.2427 Yes I do pray them. Nowadays we like to think what seems to me to be a contradiction: that we are wiser than anyone who ever lived before, and that if we pretend to love our enemies, that all will be well. But Psalms such as Deus, laudem are more honest than, reminding me of my less than loving attitude but also leading me to understanding that my real adversaries are my own sins, that it is only by being formed that the mercy of the Lord (v. 26 in LXX) that the conclusion of the Psalm can apply to me.

[@99goosebumps16]

I would be interested to hear more about how Jewish Daily Prayer is the template for the prayers of the church. You've made several videos on calendar, i'd like to see one about trying to a full calendar with a saint or church festival for every day of the Church or secualr calendar year in order to sanctify time.

[@dalecaldwell]

@@99goosebumps16 Or does time sanctify us?

[@dalecaldwell]

@99goosebumps16 I never found anything very solid about content of Jewish synagogue or home prayer in the time of the beginning of Christianity beyond times.

[@99goosebumps16]

@@dalecaldwell That's okay. If you wanted to get another book i'd be interested to see a comparison between the Jewish Siddur and Christian book of Common prayer. You could even compare denominational Orthodox Jewish comparing Agepya Reform jewish Siddur compared to 1979 book of Common prayer.

[@samluke8121]

​@@99goosebumps16 Jews pray to a false God.

[@flourishinglife]

I enjoy the New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS). They published a copy of the Psalter several years ago with the LXX. NETS. RSV (I think) and the Hebrew. Pretty neat volume. I also have a copy of the whole NETS and have it in Accordance.