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psalm
/ sä(l)m/
(also Psalm)
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n.
a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish worship:
a delightful setting of Psalm 150.
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(the Psalms or the Book of Psalms)
a book of the Bible comprising a collection of religious verses, sung or recited in both Jewish and Christian worship. Many are traditionally ascribed to King David.
DERIVATIVES:
psalm·ic
/ ˈsä(l)mik/ adj.
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Psalm 94 among the kingship-of-yhwh psalms
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...themes at this juncture in book 4. 1. Psalm 94 and Psalms 90-92 Several scholars have noted that...expressed in all the kingship-- of-Yhwh psalms surrounding Psalm 94. Significantly, Psalms 90 and 94 are the only two psalms in book...
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Psalm 102 im Kontext des Vierten Psalmenbuches
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...seeks the place of Psalm 102 in the fourth...of the Psalter, Psalms 90-106. First...book ends with Psalm 89 and believes that Psalms 101-104 are intended...Davidic kingdom in Psalm 89. Since David...the headings to Psalms 101 and 103, he...
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Psalm 24
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...canonical shape of the psalms suggests that Psalm 1 is an introduction...the pattern for the psalms as torah, so Psalm 2 provides the fundamental...classifies this as a psalm of orientation, in distinction from psalms of disorientation...
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Psalms
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...commentary on the Book of Psalms is that S. does not classify each psalm according to its...these are typically psalms that are prominent...For instance, Psalm 1 receives over five...interpretation; and Psalm 51 is covered in...treatment of the psalms highlights their...
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PSALM 22: FROM TRIAL TO TRIUMPH
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...literary genre exercises its own constraints. Psalm 22 has received the attention of able Jewish...study shall undertake an examination of Psalm 22 in an effort to gather and use the available...hermeneutical chair" in order to gain the psalm's full impact. In so doing it is hoped...
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Psalms, Volume 3, Psalms 90-150
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...approaching each psalm and also discusses such themes as "The Psalms and History" (including...the main focus of Psalms study needs to be the individual psalm. An opposite subject...prefer to focus on the psalms as we have them...s treatment of Psalm 104 can serve as...
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Psalms, Volume 1, Psalms 1-41; Volume 2, Psalms 42-89
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Instead, he wants the Psalms to speak their own message...introduction, G. treats each psalm under three headings...plural would obscure a psalm's poetic character...feminine voice in some psalms (pp. 31-32; though...curiously he does not mention Psalm 131), which is consistent...
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Psalm 119: The Exaltation of Torah.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...appeals also to "the eight acts of creation in Genesis 1.") The authors group the eight acrostic psalms into pairs: Psalms 9/10 with Psalm 37, Psalms 25 and 34, Psalms ill and 112, 119 and 145. The pairing of Psalms 111 and 112 is appealing...
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Psalm 75: Its poetic context and structure
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the neighboring Psalms 73, 74, and 76. An analysis of the Psalm's poetic structure...essential link between Psalms 73-74 and Psalm 76 in a liturgical...setting where the four psalms were used together. I. Translation of Psalm 75 V. Concluding...
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Psalm 87 as a Reappraisal of the Zion Tradition and Its Reception in Galatians 4:26
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Hebrew Bible traceable in Psalms, Lamentations, and...variety of Zion texts, Psalm 87 (86 LXX) offers...at explaining why the psalm has caused difficulties...Next I explore the psalm's similarities to Psalms 46 and 48 (B) as well...
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Psalms
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...inferred from the content. The psalms have devices and techniques...is disputed. Some of the few psalms having a regular rhythm are...and 117. Ps. 29 (an early psalm, resembling literature found...letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalms were composed for a variety...
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psalm
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...sä(l)m / (also Psalm ) • n. a sacred song...contained in the biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish...worship: a delightful setting of Psalm 150. ∎ ( the Psalms or the Book of Psalms ) a book...
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Psalms, Book of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Psalms, Book of (Gk. ψα...x2019;). The OT Book contains 150 Psalms, variously enumerated; for the most part...e.g. Ps. 90 AV is Ps. 89 Vulg. The Psalms are traditionally divided into five books...
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Bay Psalm Book
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...familiarly called the Bay Psalm Book , was the first...Hopkins's Whole Book of Psalms (1562), an insufficiently...more accurate Book of Psalms (1612) problematic...titled, in 1651. The Bay Psalm Book played a central...since Puritans sang psalms to praise God, comfort...
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Psalms, liturgical use of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Psalms, liturgical use of. Use of Psalms in the Jewish and Christian liturgical services. Their regular...a marked decline in the use of the psalter, though metrical psalms (psalms translated into metrical hymns) remain popular; and...
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