The Psalmist’s “I” accommodates a vast...

The Psalmist’s “I” accommodates a vast congregation of individuals and groups down the centuries around the world today. They are all somehow embraced in this “I.” A vast array of stories, situations, sufferings, blessings, joys, and deaths have been read and prayed into the Psalms by those who have identified with their first person. It amounts to an extraordinarily capacious and hospitable “I.”