Quotes about Psalms

My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and the reading of the psalms.

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord?

O sing unto the Lord a new song.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.

We aim to create our own psalms in which we (1) pour out our complaint to the Lord, (2) review God's promises and his faithfulness, (3) find our rest and comfort in Jesus, and (4) let others know that they, too, can find rest and comfort. Then, when we falter, we ask for help and do it all again.

What else is the law made for, but to be the rule of life, and the rule of judgment? Read Psal. i. and xv.; Matt. v. vii. and xxv.,

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" will cause you to sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19).

The Psalms show us what healthy spiritual life looks like. You name everything that's happening inside of you. You give it language and expression, You articulate exactly what the desolation feels like. If you don't drag it up and give it words, then it's buried down in your being somewhere. And it will come out in other ways. Unhealthy, destructive ways. You'll keep it bottled up. And you'll be miserable.

read in the Psalms, The earth is the LORD's and everything in it.

In the Psalms, we see that he holds nothing back, freely pouring out his fears, despair, anger, and shame.

The LORD is good and does what is right" (Psalm 25:8). "The