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Psalms


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The Blessed and the Wicked

Psalm 1

The Death of Judas, detail from the Forgiveness Window by Laurence Whistler
Pay Nothing Until April by Edward Ruscha
For You by Tracey Emin

Who May Abide?

Psalms 15 and 24

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

The Heavens Are Telling

Psalm 19

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A Great Cry

Psalm 22

An illumination from the Stuttgarter Psalter
Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton
The Parma Psalter by Unknown artist

The Lord is My Shepherd

Psalm 23

The Bleeding Border by Sergio Gomez
The Children by Trina McKillen
Madonna of the Harvest by John August Swanson

The Inheritance of the Blameless

Psalm 37

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Psalm 42-43 by Diane Palley
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Thirsting for God

Psalm 42–43

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.]

A Cry for Deliverance

Psalm 69

King Solomon by Alexander Archipenko
Pomegranates by Reuven Rubin
King Solomon by Simeon Solomon

Long Live the King

Psalm 72

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The Psalter’s Darkest Hour

Psalm 88

Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands) by Unknown artists
Man-Made Fibres by Mitzi Cunliffe
Concentration of Hands I by Barbara Hepworth

Handwork

Psalm 90

Psalm 92 [93 MT] from Utrecht Psalter by Unknown artist, Reims/Hautvillers
Psalm 93 by Bernard C. Winter
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt van Rijn

Over Troubled Water

Psalm 93

New Testament Trinity (Otechestvo) by Unknown Russian artist
David Before the Ark of the Covenant by Giovanni Battista Pittoni
The Virgin and Child, destroyed apse mosaic from The Church of the Dormition, Nicaea by Unknown Byzantine artist

Forever and Ever

Psalm 110

Detail of a Cosmati floor by Cosmati Family
Torah studies by Alfred Bernheim
The Mocking of Christ, Cell 7 by Fra Angelico

Oh, How I Love thy Law!

Psalm 119

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Out of the Depths

Psalm 130

The Cottage by Vincent van Gogh
The Burghers of Calais by Rodin
Psalm 132, "Ecce quam bonum" by Unknown artist

As One

Psalm 133

Psalm 136 (Psalm 137) from St Albans Psalter by Unknown English artist
Three paintings in the Abu Ghraib prison series as displayed at the Parque Fundidora in Monterrey City, Mexico, January 2008 by Fernando Botero
The Western Wall ('By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep...') by Marc Chagall

By the Rivers of Babylon

Psalm 137

Print from Maftir Yonah (The Book of Jonah) by Mordechai Beck
Psalm 139: All Saints Princeton Liturgical Altarpiece Series (Diptych) by Makoto Fujimura
Happiness by Agnes Martin

Darkness Illuminated

Psalm 139

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All Creatures Great and Small

Psalm 145

King David and his Musicians from the Vespasian Psalter by Unknown artist, England
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Joseph by Marc Chagall

A Song of Thanksgiving

Psalm 147

King David as Orpheus in a synagogue mosaic by Unknown artist
Untitled by Jannis Kounellis
Dancers of Meron by Reuven Rubin

O Praise God in His Holiness!

Psalms 149–150


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