noun

• 1A 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’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The entrance rite began with the choir singing an introit psalm, a full psalm.’
  • ‘I became very attentive to the music used at Mass and collected all the responsorial psalms, hymns, and songs.’
  • ‘Although usually identified as a penitential psalm, Psalm 130 is also clearly a song of hope.’
  • ‘We read the opening psalm in the book of Psalms and we meet there the blessed man.’
  • ‘Inspired by the balance, beauty, and life-generating dynamism of creation, the psalms offer songs of praise to the Creator.’
  • ‘Like manna in the desert and the Eucharist, the psalm evokes the joyful knowing of God with our physical hunger.’
  • ‘Following a series of hymns and psalms at the service Deacon Dennis Sutton addressed the congregation in Italian.’
  • ‘This psalm blesses us with the promise that our lives have meaning and partake of the majesty of God.’
  • ‘In leisure men should not talk of sin but they should take comfort in the psalms and songs.’
  • ‘This psalm is about marriage and family and work.’
  • ‘And on the Cross he cried out in agony, quoting a psalm that speaks of divine abandonment.’
  • ‘The professor believes the musical tradition came from Scottish slave-owners who brought their religious practices and psalms with them across the Atlantic.’
  • ‘He introduces tools for examining conscience and includes a collection of confession stories, a sermon, and related psalms.’
  • ‘Edith remained a devoted daughter, accompanying her mother to synagogue, but reading the psalms from her missal.’
  • ‘His Psalm 71 is instructive for he considers the very matter of evildoing, and in psalm after psalm his recourse is in prayer to God.’
  • ‘Earlier in the psalm King David compares himself to a sheep following the shepherd.’
  • ‘Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works!’
  • ‘Church had been pretty much a blur to her, she'd talked to the usual people listened to the sermon, sung the hymns, and read the psalms and prayers.’
  • ‘The Rosary has its origins in the psalms, which monastic communities would recite as part of their daily petitions, such as psalm repetition for the deceased in purgatory.’
  • ‘One of his favorite psalms, which he quoted regularly and assigned to his preaching seminar, was Psalm 90.’

  Synonyms

  sacred song, hymn, song of praise, religious song, anthem, carol, chant, plainsong, canticle, antiphon, introit, prayer

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  1. 1.1Psalms or Book of PsalmsA book of the Bible comprising a collection of religious verses, sung or recited in both Jewish and Christian worship.