a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish worship 赞美诗,圣诗,圣歌(用于基督教和犹太教,尤指《圣经•诗篇》礼拜仪式的) a delightful setting of Psalm 150. 第一百五十首诗篇那令人愉悦的背景。 ■(the Psalms 或 the Book of Psalms)a book of the Bible comprising a collection of religious verses, sung or recited in both Jewish and Christian worship. Many are traditionally ascribed to King David 《诗篇》(《圣经》中一卷,收集为基督教和犹太教礼拜仪式上所吟唱的宗教诗歌,其中许多被认为是大卫王所作)
派生 psalmic adjective 语源
Old English (p)sealm, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek psalmos 'song sung to harp music', from psallein 'to pluck'