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 150

1Alleluja. [Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus; laudate eum in firmamento virtutis ejus. 2Laudate eum in virtutibus ejus; laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitudinis ejus. 3Laudate eum in sono tub; laudate eum in psalterio et cithara. 4Laudate eum in tympano et choro; laudate eum in chordis et organo. 5Laudate eum in cymbalis benesonantibus; laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationis. 6Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum! Alleluja.]

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