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 124

1canticum graduum qui confidunt in Domino sicut mons Sion non commovebitur in aeternum qui habitat 2in Hierusalem montes in circuitu eius et Dominus in circuitu populi sui ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum 3quia non relinquet virgam peccatorum super sortem iustorum ut non extendant iusti ad iniquitatem manus suas 4benefac Domine bonis et rectis corde 5declinantes autem in obligationes adducet Dominus cum operantibus iniquitatem pax super Israhel

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