Psalm 102
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Psalm 102 is the 102nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee." In Latin, it is known as "Domine exaudi ora
Beginning of the psalm in the Ramsey Psalter, with illuminated initial
Stowe Psalter, f.2
Start of Psalm 102, from the Utrecht Psalter, c. 800, Utrecht University Library
Psalm 1
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Psalm 1 is the first psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English King James Version with "Blessed is the man"; Alexander Kirkpatrick argued that it formed "an appropriate prologue" to the wh
Psalm 102
…above all the initial "D" are often greatly enlarged in illuminated manuscript psalters, following the pattern of the Beatus initials at the start of Psalm 1. In the original Hebrew, the first verse introduces the psalm as "A prayer of the poor man" or "A prayer of the afflicted". The New King James Version…
Large Beatus initial from the Leiden Psalter of Saint Louis, 1190s
A metrical version of Psalm 1 from 1628. The melody begins on the tonic note of a natural minor scale.