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 127

1canticum graduum beati omnes qui timent Dominum qui ambulant in viis eius 2labores manuum tuarum quia; manducabis beatus es et bene tibi erit 3uxor tua sicut vitis abundans in lateribus domus tuae filii tui sicut novella olivarum in circuitu mensae tuae 4ecce sic benedicetur homo qui timet Dominum 5benedicat te Dominus ex Sion et videas bona Hierusalem omnibus diebus vitae tuae 6et videas filios filiorum tuorum pax super Israhel

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