Finally! We're Singing

Finally!  We're in Psalms.  The Psalms are Israel's hymnbook, the 150 greatest hits of worship. A good introduction is here.  If you are gifted this way, you will find yourself in familiar territory.  If not, try out listening to some. click to listen.
I remember being fascinated by my grandmothers "Sam" book.  "Sam-singing" was what she did in church when she was a little girl.  She gave me a copy of the tattered book, a paraphrase of all 150 psalms, made into [sometimes forced] English rhymes, so that any psalm could be sung.  These are the 'metrical versions' of the psalms that became the hymnbook of the early Scottish protestants.  Every once in a while in churches, there is a movement to revive psalm singing directly.  You might be surprised to learn how much of modern "praise music" is taken directly from the Psalms.
In the Presbyterian Hymnal, our selection of psalms is between 158 and 258--pretty tame praise music.

Singing is a great aid to memory.  I find it much easier to memorize something by singing it, that by reciting it.  Do you know any Psalms by heart--other than the 23rd Psalm?