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Psalms
The Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 prayers and songs of praise in the Old Testament. Used in the worship of ancient Israel, it remains one of the most widely used books of the Bible in the worship and personal devotional life of the church today.
Articles 308, showing 6
- Penitential PsalmsBible
The Penitential Psalms are seven psalms (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143) that church tradition groups together because they give prominent expression to the confession of sin and the plea for God's forgiveness.
- Lament PsalmsBible
Lament psalms are a type of psalm in which the psalmist cries out and appeals to God amid suffering, illness, persecution, or national disaster. They are among the most common types in the Book of Psalms.
- Psalm 11Bible
Psalm 11 is a short, seven-verse psalm of trust in which the psalmist, threatened by the wicked, rejects the advice to "flee as a bird to your mountain" and declares that he takes refuge in the LORD, who from His heavenly throne examines humankind.
- Psalm 27Bible
Psalm 27 is a fourteen-verse psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." A song of trust that confesses the LORD as light and salvation (vv. 1–6) gives way to a plea not to be forsaken (vv. 7–12), and the psalm closes with an exhortation to wait on the LORD.
- Psalm 56Bible
Psalm 56 is a lament whose superscription attributes it to David when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Amid the threats of his enemies, the confession "In God I have put my trust; I will not fear" recurs as a refrain.
Verses in the King James Version 9, showing 6
- 1 Chronicles 16:9
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Psalms 95:2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
- Psalms 105:2
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Luke 20:42
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- Luke 24:44Explained
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
- Acts 1:20
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
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