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 119

1canticum graduum ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi et exaudivit me 2Domine libera animam meam a labiis iniquis a lingua dolosa 3quid detur tibi et quid adponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam 4sagittae potentis acutae cum carbonibus desolatoriis 5heu mihi quia incolatus meus prolongatus est habitavi cum habitationibus Cedar 6multum incola fuit anima mea 7cum his qui oderant pacem eram pacificus cum loquebar illis inpugnabant me gratis

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