understand.’ That is true, but it puts the emphasis the wrong way round—as though the Psalms are the problem, and we should try to fit them into our world. Actually, again and again it is we, muddled and puzzled and half-believing, who are the problem; and the question is more how we can find our way into their world, into the faith and hope that shine out in one psalm after another. As with all thoughtful Christian worship, there is a humility about this approach. Good liturgy, whether formal or