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• Psalm 96Bible

  Psalm 96 is a hymn of praise that calls all the earth and all peoples to sing a new song to the LORD. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and is coming to judge the world with righteousness and truth.

• Psalm 119Bible

  Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, with 176 verses. It is an acrostic poem arranged in eight-verse stanzas that follow the order of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. It consists of confessions and prayers expressing love for God's word and law and a resolve to keep them.

• Psalm 126Bible

  Psalm 126 is a six-verse psalm and one of the Songs of Ascents. It looks back on the restoration of Zion as a joy like a dream, prays for restoration once more, and closes with the promise that those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

• Psalm 133Bible

  Psalm 133 is one of the Songs of Ascents. This brief three-verse psalm celebrates the beauty of brothers dwelling together in unity, comparing it to the oil poured on Aaron's head and to the dew of Hermon.

• Psalm 32Bible

  Psalm 32 is an eleven-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David, Maschil." It describes the anguish of concealing sin and the joy of forgiveness after confession. Church tradition counts it among the seven Penitential Psalms.

• Psalm 50:15Bible Verses

  A verse in Psalm 50 in which God calls His covenant people to offer thanksgiving and to call upon Him rather than to bring merely formal sacrifices, and promises to deliver them when they call on Him in the day of trouble. It is widely cited as both a command to pray and a promise that prayer will be answered.

• Psalm 137:9Bible Verses

  Psalm 137:9 is the final verse of Psalm 137, a lament over the Babylonian exile. It pronounces blessed the one who dashes the enemy's little ones against the rock. It is often counted among the most troubling verses in the Bible and is commonly cited as a representative example in discussions of how to read the so-called imprecatory psalms.

• Psalm 43Bible

  Psalm 43 is a five-verse lament in Book Two of the Psalms. The psalmist pleads for deliverance from his enemies and asks that God's light and truth lead him to the temple. Because it shares a refrain with Psalm 42, the two are sometimes regarded as a single poem.

• Psalm 107Bible

  Psalm 107 is a psalm of thanksgiving that opens Book V of the Psalms. It recounts in turn how wanderers in the wilderness, prisoners, the sick, and those caught in storms at sea cried out and were delivered, and it calls on all to praise the steadfast love of the LORD.

• Psalm 89Bible

  Psalm 89 is a fifty-two-verse poem that praises the everlasting nature of God's covenant with David. Confronted with the collapse of the dynasty, it then laments and asks where that promise has gone. Its final verse is a doxology that closes Book III of the Psalms.

• Psalm 110Bible

  Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishes him as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It is one of the psalms most frequently quoted in the New Testament.

• Psalm 134Bible

  Psalm 134 is the last of the "Songs of Ascents" (Psalms 120–134). A short psalm of praise in three verses, it calls the servants of the LORD who minister in the temple by night to bless the LORD and prays for the blessing that comes out of Zion.

• SelahBible

  Selah is a Hebrew word that appears in the Old Testament book of Psalms and in Habakkuk 3. Many interpreters regard it as a marker related to singing or recitation, but its exact meaning remains unknown.

• HallelujahBible

  Hallelujah is a Hebrew exclamation meaning "Praise the LORD." In the Old Testament it appears only in the Psalms, and in the New Testament only in Revelation 19. Today it is widely used in churches as an expression of praise and as a greeting.

• LeviathanBible

  Leviathan is a great sea creature mentioned in Job, Psalms, and Isaiah. The name serves as a symbol of a power beyond human control or of the chaos and evil that stand against God.

• DavidPeople

  David was the second king of ancient Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled the kingdom from Jerusalem, which he made his capital. Many of the Psalms are attributed to him, and the New Testament calls Jesus Christ "the son of David."

• Poetic BooksBible

  The Poetic Books are the five books of the Protestant Old Testament written in poetic form: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon.

• Psalm 23:1–6Bible Verses

  A psalm of David that begins, "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." Portraying God as a shepherd and as the host of a banquet, it confesses His lifelong care and is among the most widely known and beloved psalms in the Bible.

• Colossians 3:16Bible Verses

  A verse in Colossians that exhorts believers to let the word of Christ dwell in them richly, to teach and admonish one another, and to praise God with thanksgiving in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. It is frequently cited as a biblical basis for church music and congregational singing.

• Romans 3:10-12Bible Verses

  Romans 3:10–12 is a passage in which Paul weaves together Old Testament texts, chiefly from the Psalms, to show that Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin. As a key text on the universal sinfulness of humanity, it is frequently cited in discussions of total depravity and prevenient grace and in evangelistic preaching.