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This was fascinating. It makes me want to do a Sunday School lesson where readers wear name badges indicating their part in a play, and read through one of these psalms.
As Nathan states above, this essay/presentation fascinates and awakens ones spiritual imagination. Oh, that we all had the gift to make the Psalms come to life in our hearts – as a gift or endowment – as this one did to mine!
God bless you, Sister Ewell et al. – including you, Brother Bradshaw – for your insights, inspiration, and enlightening methods that bring the Psalms to our “table.” You have prepared a delicious feast for our studies and ponderings, especially during these current three weeks of Old Testament ‘Come Follow Me.’
For another (sizeable) treatment of how the Psalms possibly were used in First Temple rituals, see, “Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship In the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon” LeGrand L. Baker and Stephen D. Ricks, 2011 https://archive.bookofmormoncentral.org/content/who-shall-ascend-hill-lord-psalms-israel%E2%80%99s-temple-worship-old-testament-and-book-mormon
(Here are three links to choral anthems on this essay’s subject – enjoy!:
Psalms 23
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mormon+tabernacle+choir+psalm+23&view=detail&mid=2E742A53D2614653262F2E742A53D2614653262F&FORM=VIRE
Psalm 24 –
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (soloist – Jessie Evans Smith) https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tabernacle+choir+he+that+hath+clean+hands+and+a+pure+heart&view=detail&mid=9DE47E3EA6586E1853D29DE47E3EA6586E1853D2&FORM=VIRE
Baylor University Mens Chorus
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Psalm+24+for+Chorus+Orchestra&&view=detail&mid=F32E7DB12CA4EC0E74E2F32E7DB12CA4EC0E74E2&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DPsalm%2B24%2Bfor%2BChorus%2BOrchestra%26FORM%3DVDMHRS