Psalm Prayers
The Psalms are the church's prayer book and cover the full emotional range — praise, thanks, rage, grief, fear, confidence.
They are here as prayers rather than as study texts. Find one that matches where you actually are, not where you think you should be.
8 prayers
- Prayer of a Penitent Heart (Psalm 103)
Drawn from Psalm 103, the great psalm of David on the mercy of God. Where Psalm 51 is the cry of the sinner, Psalm 103 is the answer:…
- Psalm 100 — Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord
The Jubilate, sung at Anglican Morning Prayer as an alternative to the Te Deum and set countless times by church composers. Six verses of…
- Psalm 27 — The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
A psalm of David that moves from confident praise to urgent petition and back to trust — a pattern that has made it a favorite of…
- Psalm 46 — God Is Our Refuge and Strength
Psalm 46 inspired Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (1529) and has been prayed through plagues, wars, and natural…
- Suscipe Me, Domine (Prayer of Monastic Profession)
The verse from Psalm 119 sung three times by a monk or nun lying prostrate at solemn profession, prescribed in chapter 58 of the Rule of…
- The De Profundis for the Dead
Psalm 130 has been the Church's psalm for the dead since the earliest Roman funeral rites, prayed at gravesides, at the tolling of the…
- The Invitatory: Psalm 95 (Venite, Exultemus)
Psalm 95, known by its Latin opening as the Venite, is the Invitatory — the first psalm of the day in the Liturgy of the Hours and in the…
- The Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) — Daily Practice
The Liturgy of the Hours is the Church's daily public prayer, the ancient practice of sanctifying the hours of the day with psalms and…