The Psalms and Lamentations: Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, Volume 1Richard Green Moulton Macmillan Company, 1898 |
Common terms and phrases
acrostic adversaries affliction answer Anthem antiphonal antistrophic form Antistrophic in strains antistrophic structure ashamed Bashan Biblical Biblical poetry bless Book of Lamentations Book of Psalms celebrates children of men couplets David deliver deliverance Divine dramatic psalms dwell earth enemies envelope evil exalted fear Festal Hymns foes glad glory Hallel hate hath heart heavens Hebrew holy II Samuel imagery Inauguration of Jerusalem Israel ix-x Jebusite Jehovah judgment king lines liturgy lyric meditation mercy mouth nations oppression parallelism poem poetry praise thee prayer present psalmist psalter quatrains refrain rejoice rhythm righteous SEMICHORUS sextets Sheol sing praises Song soul stanzas strength strophe Strophic structure supplication tabernacle thanksgiving thine thou art Thou hast thou shalt thought thy lovingkindness thy name thy righteousness thy salvation tion tongue triplets triumph unto the LORD unto thee voice Votive Hymns whole wicked words workers of iniquity xxiv Zion
Popular passages
Page 135 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away : As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of GOD.
Page 148 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Tea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve him.
Page xxx - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Page 140 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 78 - Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Page 82 - For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Page 16 - Thou hast ordained ; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him ? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 59 - I cried to thee, O LORD ; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me : LORD, be thou my helper.
Page 7 - I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my son ; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 94 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance...