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See also:PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to See also:play the See also:harp) , the name used to designate the religious poems of the See also:Hebrews, which are contained in the Psalter (see See also:PSALMS, See also:BOOK OF) . See also:Modern collections of religious See also:poetry sometimes See also:bear the See also:title of Psalms and See also:Hymns, but these are always more or less directly connected with the actual Psalms of See also:David . See also:Longfellow wrote " A See also:Psalm of See also:Life (1839), which was an intimate See also:confession of the religious aspirations of the author . The Psaumes of See also:Clement See also:Marot (1538) were curious adaptations of See also:Hebrew ideas to See also:French forms of the See also:epigram and the See also:madrigal . But it is doubtful whether the psalm, as distinguished from the Hebrew Psalter, can be said to have any See also:independent existence . It is loosely used to describe any exalted See also:strain of devotional See also:melody . |
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