“The Great Goodness in Showing Me His Great and Marvelous Works”

Bryan Richards

These verses have been called “the Psalm of Nephi.” The tone and content of these verses is similar to the style seen in the book of Psalms. A psalm is a poetic prayer set to music. The Bible Dictionary explains, “The Psalms collectively are called in Hebrew Tehillim or ’Praises,’ but the word mizmor, which denotes a composition set to music, is found in the titles of many of them.” Some themes common to Nephi’s psalm and to the psalms of David are:

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