Have you ever grappled for the right words to express how you feel? In one of the most blissful moments of your life the words you choose just don’t express your happiness enough? Conversely, when hard times break in the sadness you feel can leave you speechless. After all, being tested by God is one of the ways that we humans give meaning to suffering.  Words often lack capacity to adequately describe the depth of pain or loss. The collection of sacred writing in the Book of Psalms provides 150 hymns and contemplative poems that beautifully express so many human emotions. The sentimental words of love, hope, sorrow and gratitude weaved within every page quench the soul’s search for God like no other writing can. In the words of C.S. Lewis “The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight…