as in hymn
a religious song
after the sermon we sang a brief psalm
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The great organ's 8,000 pipes, which were covered in toxic dust after the fire and have been disassembled, cleaned and retuned, will also play a psalm as the doors re-open.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
And a poetry unit for fifth graders would include psalms from the Old Testament taught alongside poems from Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
Mourners sang psalms as the space filled — not near the plot where Goldberg-Polin would be buried, as initially planned, but in the main parking lot to accommodate the crowds.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
And a poetry unit for fifth graders would include psalms from the Old Testament taught alongside poems from Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
Mourners sang psalms as the space filled — not near the plot where Goldberg-Polin would be buried, as initially planned, but in the main parking lot to accommodate the crowds.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2024
According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Psalm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psalm. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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