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
Douay-Rheims 1899

Psalms 133

1Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 2In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord. 3May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Challoner / 1899 American edition is public domain.