Temple Psalms

Temple Psalms ebook link Here is the link to an ebook which includes Psalms that refer to temple research as in the temple section of this blog.  Along with the quotes are artwork of temples painted by my husband Ken Corbett.  It is such a joy to participate in the Lord’s work in Latter-day temples. https://www.amazon.com/Psalms-Subject-Temples-Ken-Corbett-ebook/dp/B07Z4Y1HNP/ref=kwrp_li_stb_nodl

Psalm 96

 I have found another artist who puts scriptures and Psalms to music that I enjoy.  I love how little he modifies the words.  Here is Psalm 96. Sing to the Lord, give in His temples, He is coming!

https://youtu.be/b1fNyHo38Us

Psalm 34

 This has always been my favorite psalm and I love this song created with its words https://youtu.be/BkxotaO76yg

This is a great video about how the book of Psalms is organized.

https://youtu.be/dpny22k_7uk

 The hymn Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow is based on a melody and hymn written by Louise Bourgeois in 1581.  The original words reflected Psalm 100

All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make;
We are His folk, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.

O enter then His gates with praise;
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

For why? the Lord our God is good;
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
The God Whom Heaven and earth adore,
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore.

We have just passed the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith's First Vision.  It is wonderful to know that Joseph Smith and the work of the restoration was prophesied anciently.  When Joseph Smith was in his youth, he wondered which church to join.  Psalms 14 and 53 describe many aspects of the religous enviroment of the world just as accounted by Joseph Smith in describing the First Vision.  The most evident to me is the repeated phrase that "none doeth good, no not one."  This is the answer Christ gave to Joseph Smith about all the churches on the earth.  How wonderful that the Lord did restore his priesthood authority that "Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad!"

Yesterday my friend and I got in quite a conversation about fear and worry connected with the virus and quarantine.  There is the fear of getting sick,  the fear for the economy failing and the fear of loosing our freedoms.  This psalm resonated with me today.  I know the Lord will hear our prayers and is the only source of real peace. 

Psalms 18:4-6

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death ^aprevented me.

6 In my ^adistress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his ^btemple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.