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
Darby Translation

Psalms 131

1A Song of degrees. Of David. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me. 2Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child. 3Let Israel hope in Jehovah, from henceforth and for evermore.

John Nelson Darby Translation (1890). Public domain or openly redistributable. Confirm the exact edition before public display if text is later imported.