evaluate the Psalter as a collection of disparate pieces yielded tremendous results.6 Currently, however, the final form of the book of Psalms is receiving more attention and the traditional idea of a somewhat haphazard arrangement is being questioned.7 This paradigmatic shift is due partly to the fact that the gains of atomistic methods like form criticism have begun to diminish.8 Another reason for this change of approaches is that the Qumran psalms MSS have provided new data on the editorial history