‘In God I will praise his Word’
Ps. 56:4
‘How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!’
Ps. 119:103
‘Yea, the Psalter… might well be entitled a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended, and compacted into an enchiridion or Manual… the Psalter is the very paragon of books…’
Martin Luther 1531
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Intro
The Psalms, being a sufficient manual for sung praise through the centuries of God’s people, it is no wonder that some of the most beautiful and precious quotes of praise have been attributed to the Psalms though Church history. Here is a collection of such quotes that will inflame your soul. As Augustine said (Calvin quoting him), ‘No one is able to sing things worthy of God unless he has received them from Him.’
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Order of Contents
Collections of Historic Quotes
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More Quotes
Quotes on the 1650 Scottish Psalter
Sing the Psalms!
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Collections of Historic, Eulogistic Quotes on the Psalter
Binnie, William – Testimonies to the Estimation in which the Psalms have been Held, p. 380 ff., 12 pages, from his The Psalms: their History, Teachings and Use Buy
C.P.R.C. – The Historical Use of the Psalms 19 quotes
Hanna, Jr., T.H. – Specimens of Eulogies on the Psalms 1907 9 pp., from The Psalms in Worship: a Series of Convention Papers… ed. John McNaugher (1907), pp. 481-490
Hay, Robert – Specimens of Eulogies on the Psalms 1907 8 pp., from The Psalms in Worship: a Series of Convention Papers… ed. John McNaugher (1907), pp. 491-498
Ker, John – Testimonies to the Value of the Psalms 1886 14 pp. from The Psalms in History and Biography, pp. 177-191
M’Clenahan, D.A. – ‘Testimony of Hymn Singers to the Superiority of the Psalms’ 1902 10 pp., from Psalm Singers’ Conference held in Belfast (1902) pp. 180-190
The Pastor’s Workshop – ‘Sermon Quotes on the Psalms’ 31 quotes through Church history, some modern
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Collected Quotes from Reformers
Martin Luther’s Prefaces to the Psalter 1531 & 1545 Prefaces, 10 paragraphs
Stewart, Angus – John Calvin on the Wonder of the Psalms n.d. 30 paragraphs, with 17 block Calvin quotes
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More Quotes
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Psalms: the Prayer Book of the Bible Buy
‘Wherever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure vanishes from the Christian church. With its recovery will come unsuspected power.’
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Herman Bavinck on his deathbed
“There is so much comfort and encouragement in the psalms!”
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Quotes on the 1650 Scottish Psalter
The 1650 Scottish Psalter is something of the King James Version of psalters: it is the most literal, poetic and well loved of the psalters, as well as having had the most unifying widespread use throughout the generations of Church History.
Quotes on the 1650 Psalter 120 quotes in alphabetical order by last name
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Sing the Psalms!
The Scottish Metrical Psalter, 1650 Buy
All the psalms are set to Common Meter, which means that if you know the tune to ‘Amazing Grace,’ you can sing the whole psalter. Here are several handful more tunes you may know to help you start singing the songs that Jesus sang. Once you get a little better, try the traditional tunes that the Scottish covenanters sang long ago!
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‘I have been accustomed, to call this book, I think not inappropriately, ‘The Anatomy of all the Parts of the Soul’, for there is not an emotion of which any one can be conscious that is not here represented as in a mirror. Or rather, the Holy Spirit has here drawn … all the griefs, sorrows, fears, doubts, hopes, cares, perplexities, in short, all the distracting emotions with which the minds of men are wont to be agitated…’
John Calvin
Preface to the Psalms
‘Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.’
Ps. 119:140
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Related Pages
The Westminster Assembly and Psalm Singing
The Puritans and Psalm Singing