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 120

1Canticum graduum. [Levavi oculos meos in montes, unde veniet auxilium mihi. 2Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit clum et terram. 3Non det in commotionem pedem tuum, neque dormitet qui custodit te. 4Ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Isral. 5Dominus custodit te; Dominus protectio tua super manum dexteram tuam. 6Per diem sol non uret te, neque luna per noctem. 7Dominus custodit te ab omni malo; custodiat animam tuam Dominus. 8Dominus custodiat introitum tuum et exitum tuum, ex hoc nunc et usque in sculum.]

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