The Book of Psalms fulfills a unique role in the Bible. Just as the heart has a special function in the human body, so the psalms function in the Scriptures as the heartbeat of Israel’s religion. In this book of prayers the covenant people found their stairway to heaven. It reaches from the lowest depths of human agony and suffering to the highest joys of communion with God. Laments and cries of despair exchange with hymns of thanksgiving and praise
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