have continued to apply psalm words to themselves and the situations they face, with similar immediacy. No wonder then that the book of Psalms is—together with Isaiah—the most extensively used Old Testament book in the New Testament. It is the source of many quotations and allusions, and it has provided the language for songs and prayers.2 It should be stressed, however, that there is much diversity in how the Psalms are used in the New Testament, both in terms of selection and function and the amount