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
Geneva Bible 1599

Psalms 134

1A song of degrees. Behold, praise ye the Lord, all ye seruants of the Lord, ye that by night stande in the house of the Lord. 2Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie, and praise the Lord. 3The Lord, that hath made heauen and earth, blesse thee out of Zion.

Geneva Bible (1599). Public domain.