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psalm

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for psalm.

Editorial note

Wonder what this means for vimeo/psalm, the static analyzer for PHP, which has recently seen some new life breathed into it after long neglect.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of psalm gathered in one view.

verb

To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

noun

(religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.

noun

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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for psalm.

verb

To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

noun

(religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.

noun

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.

Example sentences

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Wonder what this means for vimeo/psalm, the static analyzer for PHP, which has recently seen some new life breathed into it after long neglect.

2

A psalm verse, or a sentence from some peoetry which is easy to remember.

3

Are the L's in balm and psalm really silent in British English?

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According to Psalm 90:4, a Divine day is 1,000 earth years long.

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Reminds me of Psalm 63:6 - On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

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Vimeo has not contributed any code to Psalm since I left in 2021.

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This certainly applies to the Psalm you cited.

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> A psalm verse, or a sentence from some peoetry which is easy to remember.

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For my senior recital, I composed a piece in which I recite an apocryphal psalm generated with a Markov chain trained on the King James psalms.

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I spent an hour or so in Psalm 119 this morning, contemplating a few verses, comparing with my life, and shaping my thinking to fit those verses.

Quote examples

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A few other examples: Psalm 103 says the Lord "is the one who forgives all your sins"; Jesus does it in Mark 2.

2

Knuth's paper "The concept of a meta-font" (from 1981) has a nice example in which he typesets Psalm 23 ("The Lord is my shepherd..."), changing the parameters of his font a little with every character.

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It is also the case in plainchant in the C of E tradition (the "ancient office hymns" as well as the psalm, the Benedicite, the Sanctus and Benedictus, Te Deum etc.).

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Thy frown relax, give me some breath of comfort, before I go away and am known no more." -Psalm 38 (39) from Knox's Translation of the Vulgate.

Proper noun examples

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Psalm 119 has 22 stanzas, with the first letter of each sentence of the stanza being with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use psalm in a sentence?

Wonder what this means for vimeo/psalm, the static analyzer for PHP, which has recently seen some new life breathed into it after long neglect.

What does psalm mean?

To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

What part of speech is psalm?

psalm is commonly used as verb, noun.