--- title: Psalms and Proverbs — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Psalms and Proverbs», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The Book of Psalms is the Bible's song book: 150 songs and prayers, many linked with King David, still sung and prayed by Jews and Christians --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Psalms and Proverbs # Psalms and Proverbs Lesson 11 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 14 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/0/) — The Book of Psalms is the Bible's song book: 150 songs and prayers, many linked with King David, still sung and prayed by Jews and Christians today. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/1/) — The Psalms hold every feeling — joy and thanks (Psalm 100), trust (Psalm 23, Psalm 46), wonder at being known (Psalm 139), and sad or angry cries of «How long, O Lord?» (Psalm 13). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/2/) — So the Psalms teach a child that you can bring anything to God, even fear or anger, and that honest prayer is not rude prayer. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/3/) — The Book of Proverbs is a collection of short wise sayings, many linked with King Solomon, about everyday life: how we speak, how we work, whom we choose as friends. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/4/) — «A gentle answer turns away wrath» is advice for the playground today: a calm word can stop a fight that a harsh word would start. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/5/) — The Book of Psalms has 150 psalms, which are songs and prayers used in worship by Jews and Christians. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/6/) — Many psalms are linked with King David, who was a shepherd boy before he became king. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/7/) — Psalm 23 begins «The Lord is my shepherd» and pictures God leading, feeding and protecting, even through the darkest valley. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/8/) — Psalm 23 is often read at funerals because Christians find comfort in it that God is with them in hard times. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/9/) — Psalm 100 calls all the earth to «make a joyful noise» and to worship God with gladness and thanks. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/12/) — Psalms of lament are prayers of sorrow or complaint, such as Psalm 13, which asks «How long, O Lord?». - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/13/) — The Book of Proverbs is a collection of short wise sayings, many linked with King Solomon. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/14/) — Proverbs 15:1 says «A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger». - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/16/) — Proverbs 16:18 says «Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall». - ← previous: [Daniel, Jonah and the prophets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/) - next →: [The birth of Jesus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)