Question about the Psalter in the Liturgy of the Hours

[AJV]

Does the LOTH contain the 23rd Psalm? I have the one-volume LOTH, and prayed it for a year (a few years ago). As I recall, there were 2 popular psalms missing: Psalm 23 and another one (perhaps the one Jesus prayed a portion of while on the Cross).

The Lord is my shepherd? Yes, it is there for Daytime Prayer. Some one volume editions, I have heard, do not print the daytime prayer so that may be why you couldn’t find it.

Psalm 21(22) is also there at Daytime prayer on a Friday (because Jesus prayed it at “the ninth hour”)

 

[AJV]

Yes. There is one other English edition, approved for use in the UK, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries (some double-approve this and the US edition). It’s called “Divine Office” and comes in three volumes instead of four, but is as complete as the 4-volume.

It uses the same 1963 Grail for the Psalms, so US users will find the psalms identical (except for Ps 95). The readings are primarily (that is, mostly) from the RSV, but some readings also use the Jerusalem Bible, the Knox Version, and the Good News Bible.

It’s not approved for use in the US. I guess one can use it privately, but not in common.

Just to add: the Jerusalem Bible is used prominently for the shorter Scripture readings.

For the Canticles, 9 use the Grail version, 2 the JB, and the rest the RSV.