The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ye monsters of the bubbling deep, Your Maker's praises spout; Up from the sands ye codlings peep, And wag your tails about. — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat. — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry. (Psalms 88:2) — Bible Copy Share Image
The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner. — Elsa Maxwell Copy Share Image
The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords / If when the soul unto the lines accords. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“The nature of the praise and prayer in the Psalms indicates how memory is key to praise and prayer.” — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
As my son Frankie put it, Humanism has changed the Twenty-third Psalm: They began - I am my shepherd. Then - Sheep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your… — Johannes Tauler Copy Share Image
In the psalms, we have a collection of 150 prayers that were inspired originally by the Holy Ghost. If you want to… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The imprecatory psalms are for us to pray, who are not victims. Indeed, if we do not want to pray them, it… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
Psalm 34 says, 'Those who trust in the Lord will never lack any good thing.' This means if you don't have it… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Though we may feel we are "like a broken vessel," as the Psalmist says (Psalms 31:12), we must remember, that vessel is… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
I am a Christian because of that moment on the cross when Jesus, drinking the very dregs of human bitterness, cries out,… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
I pray the breviary every morning. I like to pray with the psalms. Then, later, I celebrate Mass. I pray the Rosary.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Holy is the dish and drain, the soap and sink, and the cup and plate and the warm wool socks, and the… — Carrie Newcomer Copy Share Image
“The New Testament quotes from the Psalter more often than from any other Old Testament book. • Of the 283 direct quotes… — David P. Murray Copy Share Image
If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
“The Psalms are the steady, sustained subcurrent of healthy Christian living. They shaped the praying and vocation even of Jesus himself. They… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
For what St. Augustine said is true, that one can sing nothing worthy of God save what one has received from Him.… — William Romaine Copy Share Image
In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
When children ask you questions about gray hairs, and wrinkles in the face, and sighs that have no words, and smiles too… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
“My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?' (Psalm 42:2)… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“If the paradox is to be pondered, as part of growing in understanding the nature of the life of faith, then there… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“The Man of Sorrows is now anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows. Returned in triumph from the overthrow of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
