claim that it is not necessary to the plot (see Introduction, p. 221, for arguments on both sides). A strong case, however, can be made for the genuineness of the psalm. D. Stuart laments the failure of many scholars to recognize that “the occasional citation of poems in prose contexts is an aspect of normal OT narrative style.”15 He also points out that “one can find at least some part of virtually any document, ancient or modern, that is not actually required for the sensible flow of logic, and