as in hymn
a religious song
after the sermon we sang a brief psalm
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And there’s Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus again, and with no knob to turn or button to press for silence, the psalm’s exquisite ache unfurls.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
Just as May’s coronation ceremony gave nods to the multicultural nature of Britain today, Wednesday’s church service will include a psalm sung in Gaelic.
—Danica Kirka, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
Across town, as the sun began to set, hundreds of community members gathered at a baseball diamond to light candles, recite psalms, and share memories of the victims.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
At Ansche Chesed, a Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky has replaced the standard prayer for the State of Israel with a more spiritual psalm invoking peace in Jerusalem.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
Just as May’s coronation ceremony gave nods to the multicultural nature of Britain today, Wednesday’s church service will include a psalm sung in Gaelic.
—Danica Kirka, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
Across town, as the sun began to set, hundreds of community members gathered at a baseball diamond to light candles, recite psalms, and share memories of the victims.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
At Ansche Chesed, a Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky has replaced the standard prayer for the State of Israel with a more spiritual psalm invoking peace in Jerusalem.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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