"The dominant impression I get from reading the Psalms is one of great antiquity. I seem to be looking into a deep pit of time, but looking through a lens which brings the figures who inhabit that depth up to my eye."

This is typical Lewis, but what may shock readers/listeners is what follows:

"In that momentary proximity they are almost shockingly alien; creatures of unrestrained emotion, wallowing in self-pity, sobbing, cursing, screaming in exultation, clashing uncouth weapons or dancing to the din of strange musical instruments."

There is much of great value here to reap from Lewis's fertile mind, but this essay will be off-putting to many who love the Psalms.

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