Abstract
In this paper we take up two overlapping aspects of the way in which the toughness of the Psalms can fulfill a constructive function. The first part (chiefly the work of Kathleen Scott Goldingay) looks at the way their poetic nature can have an ethical affect on the person who uses them. The second part (chiefly the work of John Goldingay), which will be published in the next issue of Theology, considers the significance of using the imprecatory psalms. 1
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