Dynamic changes in discourse in the Roman Catholic and Eastern liturgies as well as in the Jewish ritual are analogous to the shifts in address and modes of discourse in the psalms. In the recitation of these texts today, confusion arises when the various parts of the liturgical drama are neither specified nor known, and the worshiper is left with the problem of interpretation even as he or she is praying with a text. Confusion may occur around the use of the word “I.” Does the personal pronoun indicate