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The Psalter
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also: псалтырь
The Book of Psalms in its Church Slavonic liturgical form, memorized and chanted by Russian sextons and readers; Vonmiglasov quotes it reflexively to voice his misery.
Reading notes
- Surgery §15 it is said in the psalter
The Book of Psalms in its Church Slavonic liturgical form; Vonmiglasov, as a sexton, reflexively quotes it (Psalm 101/102) to describe his misery, mixing scripture with everyday complaint.