Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Clementine Vulgate

Psalms 100

1Psalmus ipsi David. [Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine; psallam, 2et intelligam in via immaculata: quando venies ad me? Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus me. 3Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam; facientes prvaricationes odivi; non adhsit mihi 4cor pravum; declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam. 5Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar: superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam. 6Oculi mei ad fideles terr, ut sedeant mecum; ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat. 7Non habitabit in medio domus me qui facit superbiam; qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum. 8In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terr, ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.]

Clementine Vulgate (1592). Public domain or openly licensed historic text.