Psalm

Famous quotes containing the word psalm:

“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm XXIV (l. XXIV, 1)

“Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm XIX (l. XIX, 13)

“Lord, crack their teeth! Lord, crush these lions’ jaws!
So let them sink as water in the sand;
When deadly bow their aiming fury draws,
Shiver the shaft ere past the shooter’s hand.
So make them melt as the dishoused snail”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm LVIII (Paraphrased by the Countess of Pembroke)