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 98

1Psalmus ipsi David. [Dominus regnavit: irascantur populi; qui sedet super cherubim: moveatur terra. 2Dominus in Sion magnus, et excelsus super omnes populos. 3Confiteantur nomini tuo magno, quoniam terribile et sanctum est, 4et honor regis judicium diligit. Tu parasti directiones; judicium et justitiam in Jacob tu fecisti. 5Exaltate Dominum Deum nostrum, et adorate scabellum pedum ejus, quoniam sanctum est. 6Moyses et Aaron in sacerdotibus ejus, et Samuel inter eos qui invocant nomen ejus: invocabant Dominum, et ipse exaudiebat eos; 7in columna nubis loquebatur ad eos. Custodiebant testimonia ejus, et prceptum quod dedit illis. 8Domine Deus noster, tu exaudiebas eos; Deus, tu propitius fuisti eis, et ulciscens in omnes adinventiones eorum. 9Exaltate Dominum Deum nostrum, et adorate in monte sancto ejus, quoniam sanctus Dominus Deus noster.]

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