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 14

1Psalmus David. [Domine, quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo? aut quis requiescet in monte sancto tuo? 2Qui ingreditur sine macula, et operatur justitiam; 3qui loquitur veritatem in corde suo: qui non egit dolum in lingua sua, nec fecit proximo suo malum, et opprobrium non accepit adversus proximos suos. 4Ad nihilum deductus est in conspectu ejus malignus; timentes autem Dominum glorificat. Qui jurat proximo suo, et non decipit; 5qui pecuniam suam non dedit ad usuram, et munera super innocentem non accepit: qui facit hc non movebitur in ternum.]

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