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 92

1Laus cantici ipsi David, in die ante sabbatum, quando fundata est terra. [Dominus regnavit, decorem indutus est: indutus est Dominus fortitudinem, et prcinxit se. Etenim firmavit orbem terr, qui non commovebitur. 2Parata sedes tua ex tunc; a sculo tu es. 3Elevaverunt flumina, Domine, elevaverunt flumina vocem suam; elevaverunt flumina fluctus suos, 4a vocibus aquarum multarum. Mirabiles elationes maris; mirabilis in altis Dominus. 5Testimonia tua credibilia facta sunt nimis; domum tuam decet sanctitudo, Domine, in longitudinem dierum.]

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