Best Psalms Sayings
120 Psalms quotes by 75 unique authors
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The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It…
— Radhanath Swami
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Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are…
— Eckhart Tolle
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I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched…
— Iyanla Vanzant
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In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is…
— Rick Warren
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What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition…
— Philip Yancey
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I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is…
— John Piper
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My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and the reading of the psalms.
— Dorothy Day
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In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs…
— Dylan Thomas
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Wait on the Lord" is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is…
— J I Packer
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A social order bent on producing wealth as an end in itself cannot avoid the creation of a people whose souls are superficial and whose…
— Stanley Hauerwas
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The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.
— C.S. Lewis
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What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices…
— John Muir
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As my son Frankie put it, Humanism has changed the Twenty-third Psalm: They began - I am my shepherd. Then - Sheep are my shepherd.…
— Francis Schaeffer
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The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold.
— Aberjhani
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Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee…
— Victor Hugo
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If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our lives with simple…
— Richard J. Foster
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For a long time—always, in fact—I have known that life here on earth is not what I needed and that I wasn’t able to deal…
— Emile M. Cioran
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We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms,…
— J I Packer
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It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces this spirit of…
— Sinclair B. Ferguson
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The book of the Psalms, which is the primary devotional literature of the whole Bible, is full of complaints.
— David Augsburger
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For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. (Psalms 109:4)
— Bible
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O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? (Psalms 80:4)
— Bible
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Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. (Psalms 37:3)
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