Definition of "psalmist" [psalm•ist]

• A writer or composer of psalms. (noun)

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• "Three things the psalmist is here complaining of: -- 1."
• "By this the psalmist is encouraged to pray for all the saints (ver. 10), for himself in particular and his own preservation (ver. 11), and to triumph in the certain fall of his enemies, ver."
• "This the psalmist is soon aware of (v. 8), for he stands upon his watch-tower to hear what God will say unto him, as the prophet, Hab. ii."