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 125

1canticum graduum in convertendo Dominum captivitatem Sion facti sumus sicut consolati 2tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum et lingua nostra exultatione tunc dicent inter gentes magnificavit Dominus facere cum eis 3magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum facti sumus laetantes 4converte Domine captivitatem nostram sicut torrens in austro 5qui seminant in lacrimis in exultatione metent 6euntes ibant et flebant portantes semina sua venientes autem venient in exultatione portantes manipulos suos

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