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 129

1canticum graduum de profundis clamavi ad te Domine 2Domine exaudi vocem meam fiant aures tuae intendentes in vocem deprecationis meae 3si iniquitates observabis Domine Domine quis sustinebit 4quia apud te propitiatio est propter legem tuam sustinui te Domine sustinuit anima mea in verbum eius 5speravit anima mea in Domino 6a custodia matutina usque ad noctem speret Israhel in Domino 7quia apud Dominum misericordia et copiosa apud eum redemptio 8et ipse redimet Israhel ex omnibus iniquitatibus eius

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