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 147

1alleluia lauda Hierusalem Dominum lauda Deum tuum Sion 2quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum benedixit filiis tuis in te 3qui posuit fines tuos pacem et adipe frumenti satiat te 4qui emittit eloquium suum terrae velociter currit sermo eius 5qui dat nivem sicut lanam nebulam sicut cinerem spargit 6mittit cristallum suum sicut buccellas ante faciem frigoris eius quis sustinebit 7emittet verbum suum et liquefaciet ea flabit spiritus eius et fluent aquae 8qui adnuntiat verbum suum Iacob iustitias et iudicia sua Israhel 9non fecit taliter omni nationi et iudicia sua non manifestavit eis

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