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
Vulgate

Psalms 11

1in finem pro octava psalmus David 2salvum me fac Domine quoniam defecit sanctus quoniam deminutae sunt veritates a filiis hominum 3vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum labia dolosa in corde et corde locuti sunt 4disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa linguam magniloquam 5qui dixerunt linguam nostram magnificabimus labia nostra a nobis sunt quis noster dominus est 6propter miseriam inopum et gemitum pauperum nunc exsurgam dicit Dominus ponam in salutari fiducialiter agam in eo 7eloquia Domini eloquia casta argentum igne examinatum probatum terrae purgatum septuplum 8tu Domine servabis nos et custodies nos a generatione hac et in aeternum 9in circuitu impii ambulant secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum

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