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psalm
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What does psalm mean?
noun
- A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
- One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
verb
- To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing
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At the first service the singing of a hymn was followed by the reading of Psalm 84, a discourse thereon, and prayer.
Let the sweet psalm of that repentant hour soften your long-dead hearts, and tune your souls to mercy on your poor posterity!
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The heathen temple was dedicated to the worship of the true God by singing the old but always new, one hundredth Psalm.
Once more he cudgelled the sides of the inflexible Gunpowder, and, shutting his eyes, broke forth with involuntary fervor into a psalm tune.
The boy drew his chubby face down to a formidable length, and commenced toning a psalm tune through his nose, with imperturbable gravity.