Bible Encyclopedias
Penitential Psalms
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
s a name given from very early times to Psalms vi., xxxii., xxxviii., li., cii., cxxx., which are specially expressive of sorrow for sin. The name belonged originally to the fifty-first Psalm, which was recited at the close of daily morning service in the primitive Church.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Penitential Psalms'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/penitential-psalms.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.