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
Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 1

1O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; 2But--in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night: 3And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper. 4Not so the wicked: But--as chaff that wind driveth away! 5Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous, 6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

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