A psalm praising God as Creator: O LORD my God, You are very great, clothed with honor and majesty. You stretch out the heavens like a curtain; You make the clouds Your chariot. You set the earth on its foundations; the waters fled at Your rebuke. You make springs flow in valleys; You cause grass to grow for cattle. The glory of the LORD shall endure forever.
Anonymous and Mosaic psalms celebrating God's kingship and acts in history.
The everyday phrase 'the apple of my eye', meaning someone deeply cherished, comes straight from Scripture: 'Keep me as the apple of your eye' (Psalm 17:8). Many common English sayings, from 'a drop in the bucket' to 'the writing on the wall,' were born in the Bible.
Psalm 17:8With 150 chapters (psalms), the book of Psalms contains more chapters than any other book in the Bible. These ancient songs range from the shortest chapter in Scripture (Psalm 117 with just 2 verses) to the longest (Psalm 119 with 176 verses).
PsalmsThe little word 'Selah' appears about 74 times in the Psalms, and its exact meaning has been lost. It may signal a musical pause, a swelling of the instruments, or a moment to stop and reflect. After thousands of years, it remains one of the Bible's small unsolved mysteries.
Psalms
