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Meanings of psalms of confession in English

Russian
покаянные псалмы
Spanish
salmos penitenciales

Psalms expressive of sorrow for sin.

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покаянные псалмы
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Examples for "penitential psalms"
Examples for "penitential psalms"
1
The monks, in hoarse tones and monotonous harmonics, chanted the penitential psalms.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
2
Then she began to recite the greatest of the penitential psalms.
The White Sister
3
So he began to sing the penitential psalms in time with the swinging of his sword.
Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade
4
Then, he laid down his head, and asked the attendant priests to chant the penitential psalms.
A Child's History of England
5
The commentary on the seven penitential psalms Ceillier thinks to be his work: but it seems doubtful.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
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