A Book of Psalms

The Hebrew word for psalm is mizmor, which means a hymn sung to the accompaniment of a lyre. But when the ancient rabbis named the anthology that we know as the Book of Psalms, they called it sefer tehillim, the Book of Praises. That is the dominant theme of the greatest of the Psalms: a rapturous praise, a deep, exuberant gratitude for being here. --from the foreword. SC, 87 pages.