“ I used to be a poet.My words were traded in marketplaces like pieces of gold.Merchants bought my verses for as much as they paid for saffron and Indian jade.Now I am old...drunk on wine and candle fum… Roman Payne
“ All my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began.Psalm 139:16 S.L. Rubart
“ My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer. Anonymous
“ The loss of psalmody in the church is one of the early indicators of the loss of faith. Kevin Swanson
“ The person who learns to number his or her days gains a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:12). Colin S. Smith
“ The Offices rerooted me in a tradition where, monk or not, I would always be at home. From long ago I knew the power of their repetition, the incantatory force of the Psalms. But they had an added pow… Tony Hendra
“ As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. -Psalm 17:15 God
“ To recognize that the Psalms call us to pray and sing at the intersections of the times--of our time and God's time, of the then, and the now, and the not yet--is to understand how those emotions are… N.T. Wright
“ The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce it, so far as possible, in his daily life? C.S. Lewis
“ I grow fond of David, who lays a single stone before Goliath and a single book, the Psalms, in the mouth of the world. Erri De Luca
“ As a kid, I was taught that if you opened the Bible in the middle you'd probably land on the book of Psalms. And near the middle is everyone's favorite, the 23rd, there is this line: "You prepare a ta… David Brazzeal
“ According to Benedict's scheme, the community reads through... the entire book of Psalms every week. The monks are therefore exposed... to all the despairing, doubtful, bitter, vindictive, jingoistic,… Richard H. Schmidt
“ Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn may have a power of acting the tyrant according to the law! Oh, God! give m… William Godwin
“ There are many themes found in the Book of Psalms that are generally not found in modern music. These include the fear of God, the righteousness and justice of God, the sovereignty of God, the judgeme… Kevin Swanson
“ My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?' (Psalm 42:2) But the Psalmist also says, 'In death there is no one that is mindful of thee.' So… Dorothy Day
“ We live in a world that is beyond our control, and life is in a constant flux of change. So we have a decision to make: keep trying to control a storm that is not going to go away or start learning ho… Glenn Pemberton
