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 121

1canticum graduum huic David laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi in domum Domini ibimus 2stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis Hierusalem 3Hierusalem quae aedificatur ut civitas cuius participatio eius in id ipsum 4illic enim ascenderunt tribus tribus Domini testimonium Israhel ad confitendum nomini Domini 5quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicium sedes super domum David 6rogate quae ad pacem sunt Hierusalem et abundantia diligentibus te 7fiat pax in virtute tua et abundantia in turribus tuis 8propter fratres meos et proximos meos loquebar pacem de te 9propter domum Domini Dei nostri quaesivi bona tibi

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