psalm

Example Sentences

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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

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

He takes Psalm 23, which is a really gentle psalm.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

Once the choir was warmed up, Andrew Nethsingha, its music director, called upon boy after boy to sing a couple of lines of a psalm solo.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022

Then he breaks into a song, borrowed from a psalm, a tune so sad tears come to all of our eyes.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar