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psalm
[ sahm ]
noun
- a sacred song or hymn.
- (initial capital letter) any of the songs, hymns, or prayers contained in the Book of Psalms.
- a metric version or paraphrase of any of these.
- a poem of a similar nature.
psalm
/ sɑːm /
noun
- often capital any of the 150 sacred songs, lyric poems, and prayers that together constitute a book (Psalms) of the Old Testament
- a musical setting of one of these poems
- any sacred song or hymn
Derived Forms
- ˈpsalmic, adjective
Other Words From
- psalmic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of psalm1
Word History and Origins
Origin of psalm1
Example Sentences
A small group prayed and sang a psalm as cars boarded the boat, but several hundred other people stood and clapped as a show of support for the sailing.
You write about how praying a psalm got you through a blinding, tension-induced migraine headache on your first day as co-host of “Today” in 2012, which came after a very rocky period for the program.
Green, of Carmarthen in west Wales, held what was described in court as a "large sign" displaying the psalm text "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb".
It arrived as the music of dire necessity, the work song, the psalm, and was subsequently used to distract and entertain captors, or to scare them off with screams and moans they couldn’t decipher.
“O Lord, how manifold are thy works!,” cried out David in his psalm.
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