Psalms

Psalms

The Book of Psalms (Tiberian: Təhillîm; Modern: Tehillim, תְהִלִּים, or "praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Islamic Zabur. Taken together, its 150 poems "express virtually the full range of Israel's religious faith."

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Famous quotes containing the word psalms:

    The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalms 90:10.

    The Book of Common Prayer (1662)

    Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalms 39:4.

    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalms 51:5.