This morning's psalm in Congregation at Prayer was 135. It sounded remarkably similar to one of the psalms we prayed recently. I went back and looked. Sure enough, much of the psalm is taken from 115 which is in the Hallel (in other words, part of the liturgy regularly used for holy days).
Our hymnals have hymnic versions of the liturgy: hymns on the Magnificat, the Te Deum, the Phos Hilaron, etc. And based on what we see in the Psalter, this is not a new idea. I thought that was cool.
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When I said "part of the liturgy regularly used for holy days," I meant at the time Psalm 135 was written. Not now. Although... it sure wouldn't hurt if the Hallel was used more frequently today in our churches! For example, Ps 118 is loaded with commentary on and prayers for the liturgy for the Lord's Supper.
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