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What Does “Psalm” Mean in the Bible?

A song-prayer of the Bible. The Book of Psalms has 150, many of them attributed to King David.

Today

At Mass, after the first reading, the Psalm is sung or read.

Where it appears in the Bible

Psalms 23:1

What the Bible says

Psalms 23:1

A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Catechism 2585-2589

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