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The Divine Office contains St. Alphonsus’ explanation of the Psalms and Canticles. He takes each verse of the psalms separately, and gives of it extended paraphrase, interspersed by diverse explanations. The Latin text and English translation is given for each psalm, and St. Alphonsus provides a seven part introduction on the nature, composition, and authorship of the psalms.

IN the preface to his commentary on the psalms, Cardinal Bellarmine says that the psalter is a compendium of the Old Testament. In fact, all that Moses has written concerning the Hebrew people and the law, all that the prophets have announced after him, we find in the chants of David, as St. Augustine observes: “The book of psalms contains all that the other canonical books contain as useful to souls; it is like an immense
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