embarrassment to his theory, as much as to Wilson’s. Neither of these current attempts to identify the agenda behind the Psalter’s redaction can be judged entirely successful. But it is notable that they have in common a largely historical orientation. The narrative standpoint of Wilson’s redactor is somewhere in Book IV, everything before being historical review, and Book V offering only encouragement to future trust. The narrative standpoint of Walton’s redactor is after Book V, for to him the