Used in a Sentence

psalms

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for psalms.

Editorial note

> I've got more less tips than the Bible's got Psalms But there are (at least) 150 Psalms!

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Quick take

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for psalms.

noun

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Example sentences

1

> I've got more less tips than the Bible's got Psalms But there are (at least) 150 Psalms!

2

In Psalms 145:8-21, God is described as exercising dominion over creation with compassion and loving kindness.

3

Perhaps it has some psalms discussing merits of MMT, or parables on Quantitative Easing.

4

I love Psalms and Philippians, but I really love the beauty of how it all fits together.

5

Is Pete Kegseth quoting the fucking Psalms on a press conference enough?

6

I also see connection from wisdom shared 2-3 thousand years ago through the Psalms and Proverbs.

7

Proverbs and Psalms are both in the same section (wisdom), which is one of the very few mechanics the game has to help you narrow things down.

8

Because they sing psalms in French, and we sing them in Latin?

9

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.

10

Maybe psalms or something like Kings/Chronicles.

11

The text has been restyled to reflect the soul of the different literary forms, from poetry to drama, song to psalms, blended together to create the most widely read document in the world.

12

This is particularly notable for Kings/Chronicles (two retellings of the same events) and several of Paul's epistles (same advice written to different people), but also applies within the Psalms (and Proverbs/Ecclesiastes, but they're shorter).

Quote examples

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His first book was Latter-Day Psalms, published in 1914 by Henry Young and Sons, Ltd., of Liverpool." Stapledon's writing reflected intense wrestling with concepts of God and faith.

2

And this verse is certainly of the latter: "The length of our days is generally seventy years, or eighty years if one is strong, yet even the best of these years are filled with toil and sorrow, for they pass quickly and we fly away." That is part of the Old Testament (Psalms 90:10) that is believed to have been written somewhere from 1400-1200BC.

Proper noun examples

1

Part of the trick is that verses are numbered differently, for example, the Psalms.

2

Just read the depths that David was brought to in the Psalms, or Job's experience, or the Apostle Paul's.

3

Considering that America was overwhelmingly Christian and that many of the maxims borrow ideas from Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and Psalms, it isn't surprising.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use psalms in a sentence?

> I've got more less tips than the Bible's got Psalms But there are (at least) 150 Psalms!

What does psalms mean?

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

What part of speech is psalms?

psalms is commonly used as noun.