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 4

1in finem in carminibus psalmus David 2cum invocarem exaudivit me Deus iustitiae meae in tribulatione dilatasti mihi miserere mei et exaudi orationem meam 3filii hominum usquequo gravi corde ut quid diligitis vanitatem et quaeritis mendacium diapsalma 4et scitote quoniam mirificavit Dominus sanctum suum Dominus exaudiet me cum clamavero ad eum 5irascimini et nolite peccare quae dicitis in cordibus vestris in cubilibus vestris conpungimini diapsalma 6sacrificate sacrificium iustitiae et sperate in Domino multi dicunt quis ostendet nobis bona 7signatum est super nos lumen vultus tui Domine dedisti laetitiam in corde meo 8a fructu frumenti et vini et olei sui multiplicati sunt 9in pace in id ipsum dormiam et requiescam 10quoniam tu Domine singulariter in spe constituisti me

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