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Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects The Psalms read by Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons. **And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: The House of Broken Things by Kim Moore. Some of the most beautiful poetry in the Bible is in the Book of Psalms. Jeremy Irons reads from the King James Version. The Psalms show a whole range of human emotions. Here we find hymns, laments and songs of thanksgiving. In this programme, Jeremy Irons reads the first psalms in the book, between Psalm 1 and Psalm 29, including one of the most well known of all, Psalm 23, as well as one of the longest, Psalm 18. Produced by Susan Roberts First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
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