One advantage of a systematic responsive reading of the whole Psalter is that it exercises the congregation in the full diet of prayer. It teaches the congregation the language of prayer, the vocabulary, the similes, and the metaphors of the life of prayer. Each Lord’s Day, at the dominical service, there should be a regular responsive reading of at least twenty verses, even if this means doing two or three psalms together. Clearly some psalms ought to be used more than others, such as Psalms 96, 97, and 98 or Psalms 103, 104, 105, 136, and 145. These psalms are especially helpful as
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