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 81

1psalmus Asaph Deus stetit in synagoga deorum in medio autem Deus deiudicat 2usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem et facies peccatorum sumitis diapsalma 3iudicate egenum et pupillum humilem et pauperem iustificate 4eripite pauperem et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate 5nescierunt neque intellexerunt in tenebris ambulant movebuntur omnia fundamenta terrae 6ego dixi dii estis et filii Excelsi omnes 7vos autem sicut homines moriemini et sicut unus de principibus cadetis 8surge Deus iudica terram quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus gentibus

Biblia Sacra Vulgata. Public domain or openly licensed historic text.