This is a "Quote of the Day" and I really like it. The Psalms, like many passages in the Hebrew scriptures can be mystifying. In one Psalm, David (or one of the other authors) is contrite, in the next worshipful and in the next asking for retribution on his enemies. I finally came to the conclusion that while this was scripture, it was also the thoughts, feelings, cries and songs of a person like you or me. How we disentangle the pathos of human life from the truth of who God is can only be done through prayer, I believe. Yet the Psalms are a very important part of our scriptural meditation and cannot be ignored because we don't like what they say. So here is the quote and attribution which is much more eloquent than me.
The Psalms defy our notions of profane and sacred, proving that everything we feel, witness, do unto others, and have done to us is acceptable subject matter for conversing with the Divine. They invite us to bring every part of ourselves into our houses of worship. If we omit expressions of faith lost, of rage, of disdain, and of the desire for revenge, we leave parts of ourselves at the door.
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