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n. - A composer of sacred songs.

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Usage examples (26)
  • David is called The psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms
  • Three things the psalmist is here complaining of: -- 1.
  • The psalmist is here enlarged in thanksgivings for the prophecy and promise, v. 18, 19.
  • We too often forget that a psalmist is a poet, and misunderstand his spirit by treating his words as matter-of-fact prose.
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