Miriam Lichtheim commented about an alleged resemblance with Psalm 104 saying that "The resemblances are, however, more likely to be the result of the generic similarity between Egyptian hymns and biblical psalms.

It received its name from being attached to biblical psalms and blessings.

The oldest Christian country in Africa and a charismatic presence in the biblical psalms, it is evoked in the words "Abyssinia" and "Zion" found in the names of African-American churches.

He converted, changed his name and, among many other projects, translated biblical psalms from the French into Ottoman and transposed existing melodies into Turkish meters and modes.

The book is written as if it is a collection of biblical psalms; however the subject matter and literary style could not be less biblical.

Instead of hymns, biblical psalms were chanted, most often without accompaniment.

TWISTING biblical psalms to your advantage is not the standard reaction of a publicly owned company threatened with privatisation, but Caledonian MacBrayne's managers are a resourceful bunch.

Instead of hymns, biblical psalms were chanted, most often without accompaniment, to very basic melodies.

Like the biblical "psalms of lament", they employ intimate and personal language.

One such engraving, a self-portrait, was so detailed that a close examination of the curls of his hair revealed that they were in fact seven biblical psalms and the Lord's Prayer, inscribed in miniature letters.