psalm
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It arrived as the music of dire necessity, the work song, the psalm, and was subsequently used to distract and entertain captors, or to scare them off with screams and moans they couldn’t decipher.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023
“O Lord, how manifold are thy works!,” cried out David in his psalm.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023
Just as May’s coronation ceremony gave nods to the multicultural nature of Britain today, Wednesday’s church service will include a psalm sung in Gaelic.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023
At Ansche Chesed, a Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky has replaced the standard prayer for the State of Israel with a more spiritual psalm invoking peace in Jerusalem.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
As the coffin was lowered into the ground, the minister recited the psalm about lying down in green pastures and walking through the shadow of the valley of death and fearing no evil.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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