A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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PSALM.

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.—Psalm lxxxi. 2.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.—Ephesians, v. 19.

Is any merry? let him sing psalms.—James, v. 13.

When Israel’s king first woke his strains sublime,

And offered praises unto Thee, O Lord!

With heart contrite for expiated crime,

And soul that yearned Thy mercy-seat toward;

He knew Thy power, he felt Thy saving grace,