St. Jerome wrestled with this problem I suspect. He translated the Psalter out of both the Septuagint and the Hebrew. Probably because the Septuagint had become the hymn book of the Chruch he fealt obligated to translate it even though it was not in Greek in the original.
Am I correct in saying the practice of the early Church was the reader sang a verse of the Psalter and the the congregation responded with the antiphon.
Am I correct in saying the practice of the early Church was the reader sang a verse of the Psalter and the the congregation responded with the antiphon.