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Origin of psalmist
From the Late Latin word psalmista, dating back to 1475–85. See psalm, -ist
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Like the biblical psalmist says, “We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2021
The great psalmist “sought God’s intervention” so that we “see the holiness, the beauty, the sanctity of life, and yes, the good in Jerusalem,” Friedman told a gathering Tuesday.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2019
Sometimes, as the psalmist says, your soul is like a weaned child within you.
From Time ● Oct. 12, 2015
The prayer ends with the psalmist bowing to God’s timing and wisdom in all matters yet still fiercely calling out for justice on the earth.
From MSNBC ● Nov. 7, 2014
Again, the psalmist said of God's chosen, "I counted them, and their number is greater than the sand-grains."
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
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