psalmists
Biblical song composers
Psalmists are composers or singers of psalms—sacred songs or hymns, especially those in the biblical Book of Psalms.
The word most often refers to the ancient Hebrew authors of those texts, traditionally attributed to King David: The psalmist cries out to God in anguish.
By extension, anyone who writes devotional verse in that tradition.
Masculine Hebrew name
- SolomonPeaceable Hebrew name
- EthanMale name, Hebrew origin
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- LevitesIsraelite religious attendants
temple · worship · praise · lamentation · thanksgiving · prophecy · anointed · harp
Writer of song texts
- versifierOne composing metrical lines
- poetWriter of verse
- cantorLiturgical music leader
- songwriterOne who composes music
sacred · meter · refrain · stanza · acrostic · parallelism · antiphon · doxology
Vocal music performer
- canticleScriptural text sung devotionally
- choralOf group singing
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- plainchantUnaccompanied liturgical melody
Gregorian · hymnal · anthem · psalmody · introit · vespers · matins · compline
Focused attention practice
- prayerAddress to deity
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
faith · lament · petition · intercession · gratitude · reverence · humility · confession
David
Masculine Hebrew name
Levites · temple · worship · praise · lamentation · thanksgiving · prophecy · anointed · harp · lyre
lyricist
Writer of song texts
songwriter · sacred · meter · refrain · stanza · acrostic · parallelism · antiphon · doxology · invocation
singer
Vocal music performer
plainchant · Gregorian · hymnal · anthem · psalmody · introit · vespers · matins · compline · gradual
meditation
Focused attention practice
- prayerAddress to deity
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
spirituality · faith · lament · petition · intercession · gratitude · reverence · humility · confession · repentance
- Bible WritersMoses, David, Paul, Isaiah, Matthew
- Sacred MusiciansBach, Handel, organists, choir directors, choirmasters
psalmistsblasphemers
Those reviling the divine
scoffers · desecrators · heretics · apostates · iconoclasts
psalmistsfreethinkers
Independent-minded questioners of orthodoxy