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
A psalm will be sung as they arrive - "O Lord, thou hast searched me out and known me" - and a reading which will begin "Let not your heart be troubled".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
I found David’s psalm to be a great source of strength.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
During a return trip to Pokrovskoe he set up a chapel in the cellar of his stable, attracting pilgrims to pray and sing psalms with him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“There are only a few psalms where he’s like, ‘Thank God, my life is good.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
Volunteers, once hard to find, have been packing donations, gathering daily to recite psalms and fundraising for Israel - “coming together like you would for your family.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Congregations are filling the rafters with hymns and psalms.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
I can recite whole psalms, whole chapters, I can sing all the colored- slide white-knight Sunday school songs without looking.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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