this would have been a very appropriate thing to do, for so many of the early psalms are the prayers of a good man suffering and crying to God for help. The early church continued the practice of praying and singing the psalms. St. Paul tells the Ephesians, “Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms …, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart” (Eph. 5:18–19). The apostle says much the same to the Colossians (3:16). If we turn to the book of Revelation, we are privileged