PSALMS Definition & Meaning

Psalms

[ sahmz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(used with a singular verb)

a book of the Bible, composed of 150 songs, hymns, and prayers. : Ps.

Psalms

/ ��ɑː�� /

noun

functioning as singular the collection of 150 psalms in the Old Testament Full titleThe Book of Psalms

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Origin of Psalms¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English psam, spalm, psalm, partly from Old English psealm, psalm, partly from Old French psaume, from Late Latin psalmus, from Greek ��ó�� “twitching of the fingers; sound of the harp or cithara,” from ��á��𾱲� “to twitch, pull, pluck,” translation of Hebrew ��ō�� “song, psalm”

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Simon was diagnosed with hearing loss in his left ear when he was working on his 15th studio album "Seven Psalms" which was released last year.

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He will precede Beethoven’s Ninth with Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” at the Bowl on Tuesday, optimistic works with calls for brotherhood, community and nonaggression coincidentally coming directly after a presidential debate.

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Psalms of lament serve to highlight how righteous individuals fall prey to persecution, despite being good to others.

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And Paul Simon’s “Seven Psalms” surprisingly did not receive any all-genre nominations despite being the kind of soulful and musically complex project Grammy voters typically eat up.

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Some of the monsters Magnus depicted date back to the Old Testament, like the sea orm—then known as the leviathan, which shows up in Psalms, the Book of Job and the Book of Isiah.

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