Psalms

Full-page historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1, of King David harping, and the Judgement of Solomon, from The Rutland Psalter Add MS 62925, fol. 8v by Unknown English Artist

King David, from The Rothschild Miscellany by Unknown Italian Artist

Miniature of King David playing harp, decorated initial 'D'(omine), from the Book of Hours, Use of Chartres by Unknown French Artist

Psalm 1
The Blessed and the Wicked

The Death of Judas, detail from the Forgiveness Window by Laurence Whistler

Pay Nothing Until April by Edward Ruscha

For You by Tracey Emin

Psalms 15 and 24
Who May Abide?

The Pass at Faido, St Gotthard by Joseph Mallord William Turner

Brother Francis and Brother Sun (Frate Francesco e Frate Sole) by Giovanni Costa

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) by Casper David Friedrich

Psalm 19
The Heavens Are Telling

What Our Lord Saw from the Cross (Ce que voyait Notre-Seigneur sur la Croix) by James Tissot

The Isenheim Altarpiece; Closed altarpiece: Saint Sebastian, the Crucifixion; Saint Anthony the Great; Predella, the Lamentation on the Body of Christ by Matthias Grünewald

Crucifixion by Charlie Mackesy

Psalm 22
A Great Cry

Psalm 23, from the Stuttgarter Psalter

Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton

The Parma Psalter by Unknown artist

Psalm 23
The Lord is My Shepherd

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows by John Constable

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki) by Katsushika Hokusai

The Gust of Wind by Jean-François Millet

Psalms 29
God’s Stormy Voice

The Bleeding Border by Sergio Gomez

The Children by Trina McKillen

Madonna of the Harvest by John August Swanson

Psalm 37
The Inheritance of the Blameless

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura)

Psalm 42-43 by Diane Palley

The Tree of Life (Apse Mosaic of San Clemente)

Psalm 42–43
Thirsting for God

Marriage feast at Cana, with an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah being cast from his boat and praying in the sea, with two grotesques battling in the lower margin, from the Queen Mary Psalter by Marriage feast at Cana, with an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah being cast from his boat and praying in the sea, with two grotesques battling in the lower margin, from the Queen Mary Psalter

Psalm 68; A bearded, crowned king, standing naked in water up to his chest in a shaft sunk into the earth, from The Luttrell Psalter by Psalm 68; A bearded, crowned king, standing naked in water up to his chest in a shaft sunk into the earth, from The Luttrell Psalter by Unknown English artist

Henry as David kneeling in prayer among ruins, from Henry VIII Psalter by Jean Mallard [attrib.]

Psalm 69
A Cry for Deliverance

King Solomon by Alexander Archipenko

Pomegranates by Reuven Rubin

King Solomon by Simeon Solomon

Psalm 72
Long Live the King

More Exhibitions

Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi

The Annunciation by Filippo Lippi

Luke 1:26–38
The Annunciation

The Visitation by Unknown Cypriot Artist

The Visitation by Pontormo

The Visitation by El Greco

Luke 1:39–45
Quickening Creation

Tree of Jesse from an English Psalter in Latin by Unknown English Artist

Untitled (Rejoice!), from 'Inflammatory Essays' by Jenny Holzer

The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks

Isaiah 11:1–10
War and Peace