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 116

1Alleluja. [Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; laudate eum, omnes populi. 2Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in ternum.]

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