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 28

1Psalmus David, in consummatione tabernaculi. [Afferte Domino, filii Dei, afferte Domino filios arietum. 2Afferte Domino gloriam et honorem; afferte Domino gloriam nomini ejus; adorate Dominum in atrio sancto ejus. 3Vox Domini super aquas; Deus majestatis intonuit: Dominus super aquas multas. 4Vox Domini in virtute; vox Domini in magnificentia. 5Vox Domini confringentis cedros, et confringet Dominus cedros Libani: 6et comminuet eas, tamquam vitulum Libani, et dilectus quemadmodum filius unicornium. 7Vox Domini intercidentis flammam ignis; 8vox Domini concutientis desertum: et commovebit Dominus desertum Cades. 9Vox Domini prparantis cervos: et revelabit condensa, et in templo ejus omnes dicent gloriam. 10Dominus diluvium inhabitare facit, et sedebit Dominus rex in ternum. 11Dominus virtutem populo suo dabit; Dominus benedicet populo suo in pace.]

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