Psalm 23 Psalm 23 was not used for funerals until the 1928 revision of the prayer book. The theme of God as a shepherd was common in ancient Israel and Mesopotamia. For example, King Hammurabi, in the conclusion to his famous legal code, wrote: "I am the shepherd who brings well-being and abundant prosperity; my rule is just... so that the strong might not oppress the weak, and that even the orphan and the widow might be treated with justice." This imagery and language was well known to the community that created the Psalm, and was easily imported into its worship. Psalm
Psalm 124 the Liturgy of the Hours, Psalm 124 is currently recited at the Vespers of the Monday of the third week. It also is the source of the ubiquitous versicle "℣: Our help is in the name of the Lord ℟: who created Heaven and Earth", especially used for introductions of any sort, which is the psalm's verse 8. In 1694, Michel-Richard de Lalande composed a motet with regard to this psalm (S. 42), for the services of Louis XIV, in the royal chapel of the Chateau of Versailles. Psalm 124 Psalm 124 is the 124th psalm from the Book of