between Yahweh and Israel, alluding to the first two items of the covenant formula (“I will be your God” and “you will be my people”), which amounts to a faith confession. This brings to mind a feature of the theology of the Psalms: our worship should reflect our basic confession of faith. This can take at least two avenues, Holy Scripture and the historic creeds of the Christian church. We should be conscious that it is through these confessions that we tap the roots of our faith, and worship should