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 133

1Canticum graduum. [Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum, omnes servi Domini: qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri. 2In noctibus extollite manus vestras in sancta, et benedicite Dominum. 3Benedicat te Dominus ex Sion, qui fecit clum et terram.]

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