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psalm·ist

(sä′mĭst)

A writer or composer of psalms.

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psalmist

(ˈsɑːmɪst)

(Bible) the composer of a psalm or psalms, esp (when capital and preceded by the) David, traditionally regarded as the author of The Book of Psalms

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psalm•ist

(ˈsɑ mɪst)

n.

1. an author of psalms.

2. the Psalmist, David, the traditional author of the Psalms.

[1475–85; < Late Latin psalmista]

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psalmist - a composer of sacred songs; "David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms"

composer - someone who composes music as a profession

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psalmist

[ˈsɑːmɪst] N → salmista m

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psalmist

n → Psalmist m

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psalmist

[ˈsɑːmɪst] n → salmista m

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View in context

The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says.

View in context

Our psalmist knew about depression and he shared this feeling with God.

Thought for the week

Their topics include his highness: God's voice and the autoimmune in two royal psalms, oral tales and written truth in the early reception history of Septuagint Psalm 118(119), the voice of the psalmist: on the performative role of Psalms in Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem, and Paul Celan: the last psalmist.

Psalms In/On Jerusalem

The psalmist begins offering words of blessing and praise to God and then invites the community to join in.

Reconciliation model

The idolatry of ancient Israel's neighbors led the psalmist to write, "Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.

What we worship

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THE PSALMS - ISRAEL'S SUFFERING

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St. Augustine's Interpretation of the Psalms of Ascent

It is time for us to remember the words of the Psalmist: "Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Did prayer help win war?

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