Psalm
noun
A holy song or poem used in worship.
In the bible, the book of Psalms contains 150 psalms.
Often appears as...
- sing a psalm
- recite a psalm
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Religious
noun
A complete book of the psalms in the Bible.
The priest held a mass and read from the Psalms.
Often appears as...
- read the psalms
- quote from the psalms
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A holy song or poem used in worship.
In the bible, the book of Psalms contains 150 psalms.
Often appears as...
- sing a psalm
- recite a psalm
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A complete book of the psalms in the Bible.
The priest held a mass and read from the Psalms.
Often appears as...
- read the psalms
- quote from the psalms
Usage tips
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Worship Context
Used primarily in religious ceremonies and worship settings.
The congregation stood to sing the psalm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Christian
While common in Christianity, psalms are also present in other religious traditions.
The psalm recited at the service was from the Hebrew tradition.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic Form
Psalms are often poetic, with rhythmic and metered verses.
The psalm had a beautiful, lyrical quality.
Pro Tip 1/3Worship Context
Used primarily in religious ceremonies and worship settings.
The congregation stood to sing the psalm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Christian
While common in Christianity, psalms are also present in other religious traditions.
The psalm recited at the service was from the Hebrew tradition.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic Form
Psalms are often poetic, with rhythmic and metered verses.
The psalm had a beautiful, lyrical quality.
Pro Tip 1/3Worship Context
Used primarily in religious ceremonies and worship settings.
The congregation stood to sing the psalm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Christian
While common in Christianity, psalms are also present in other religious traditions.
The psalm recited at the service was from the Hebrew tradition.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic Form
Psalms are often poetic, with rhythmic and metered verses.
The psalm had a beautiful, lyrical quality.
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A life of purpose PIPE Rick...
I want you to spread the fame of my name through every land, I want you to give me power. I want you to make me famous, I want you to give me influence." And it just sounds like the most egotistical request you could make, if you were going to pray. Until you read the whole psalm, the whole chapter.
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What is a butt tuba and...
a book of psalms and prayers commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, shows a young woman having her hair done, while a young man catches a bird in a net. The shaved patch on his head is growing out, indicating that he is a clergyman neglecting his duties. This alludes to a family scandal
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Wade Davis: Into the...
literally digging not through soil but through rotten flesh six and eight feet deep what you forget about their war is two things and this is why the books called into the silence the noise Napoleon fired twenty thousand shells at Waterloo at the psalm the British had
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A life of purpose PIPE Rick...
I want you to spread the fame of my name through every land, I want you to give me power. I want you to make me famous, I want you to give me influence." And it just sounds like the most egotistical request you could make, if you were going to pray. Until you read the whole psalm, the whole chapter.
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What is a butt tuba and...
a book of psalms and prayers commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, shows a young woman having her hair done, while a young man catches a bird in a net. The shaved patch on his head is growing out, indicating that he is a clergyman neglecting his duties. This alludes to a family scandal
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Wade Davis: Into the...
literally digging not through soil but through rotten flesh six and eight feet deep what you forget about their war is two things and this is why the books called into the silence the noise Napoleon fired twenty thousand shells at Waterloo at the psalm the British had
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Daphne Gottlieb
American Poet
I think that I have less conviction than ever that poetry matters - that poetry changes or saves anything or anyone. But, in fact, that's tremendously freeing. If it doesn't matter much, the stakes are lower and you can't really fail. It's insurrection. It's a tiny alphabet revolution. A secret. A psalm.
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Corita Kent
American Artist
Someone remarked that the newspapers or the news magazines are the same as the psalms except that the names changed in the stories. Maybe you can't understand the psalms without understanding the newspaper and the other way around.
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Meir Soloveichik
American Clergyman
Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like Hanukkah.
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Gloria Gaither
American Musician
The more I come to recognize my story's place in God's grander Story, my once-bewildered questions are turning to psalms of thanksgiving at the wonder that I have been included in what He is doing.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the Old Testament have a special food for the soul of one in distress.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
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Allen Johnson
American Athlete
The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on earth to see it isn't ruined.
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David K. Shipler
American Author
Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.
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Johannes Tauler
German Theologian
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.
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Dominique Jackson
Actress
I had a regiment of psalms that I said each day.
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Daphne Gottlieb
American Poet
I think that I have less conviction than ever that poetry matters - that poetry changes or saves anything or anyone. But, in fact, that's tremendously freeing. If it doesn't matter much, the stakes are lower and you can't really fail. It's insurrection. It's a tiny alphabet revolution. A secret. A psalm.
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Corita Kent
American Artist
Someone remarked that the newspapers or the news magazines are the same as the psalms except that the names changed in the stories. Maybe you can't understand the psalms without understanding the newspaper and the other way around.
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Meir Soloveichik
American Clergyman
Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like Hanukkah.
Quote examples
Gloria Gaither
American Musician
The more I come to recognize my story's place in God's grander Story, my once-bewildered questions are turning to psalms of thanksgiving at the wonder that I have been included in what He is doing.
Quote examples
Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the Old Testament have a special food for the soul of one in distress.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
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Allen Johnson
American Athlete
The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on earth to see it isn't ruined.
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David K. Shipler
American Author
Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.
Quote examples
Johannes Tauler
German Theologian
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.
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Dominique Jackson
Actress
I had a regiment of psalms that I said each day.
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