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
English Revised Version

Psalms 117

1O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples. 2For his mercy is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.