The Psalms offer fertile ground for the artist. These songpoems express the quintessentially Jewish experiences with nature, the G-d of nature, the personal experiences of men, and some happy and tragic events in the history of the Jewish people. The Book of Psalms is a collection of poems telling how the religious poets of Israel met sorrow or joy, fear or trust, dark sinning or righteous living. The experiences that men are facing are reflected in their words. The perspectives they adopt, uniquely Jewish. In all that happened to them, the Psalmists had one great guiding hand: their unwavering faith in a loving G-d who never failed them. In every circumstance of life, G-d is with them, strengthening and fortifying them. And in all the poems they wrote, they sing his praise. The psalms in English, comes from the Greek word psalmos which means the music of stringed instruments.

This name was well chosen, for the psalms were originally sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments in the Temple service. The Psalms graduated from use in the Temple services in Jerusalem, to prayers in Israel's prayer book to the religious inheritance of all mankind. We have chosen to present a Psalm in each cluster of windows. The use of stained glass captures the colour, movement and emotion of their spirituality while bathing our place of worship with the sanctity of their message. 'I will sing praises unto Thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to Thee among the nations. For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, And Thy truth into the skies'. Psalm 57

Psalm 150
King David sings praise, 'Halel' 13 times in the course of the

Psalm. David endeavours to awaken within G-d the attribute of forgiveness like the 13 petals of the rose which combine with the 13 principles of faith, and G-d becomes exalted. Hashem is praised with the stringed instruments and flutes, but the greatest praise of all is when mankind cries out from his very essence and praises Hashem with his very soul.

Praise the Lord! Praise G-d in His holiness; Praise Him in the firmament of His strength Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His abundant greatness. Praise Him with the call of the shofar; Praise Him  with the harp lyre. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance
Praise Him with the stringed instruments and flute. Praise Him with resounding cymbals. Praise Him with clanging cymbals. Let every soul praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 121
The psalmist, perhaps was a pilgrim to Jerusalem. He saw the mighty fortress of Zion, and heard his companions express confidence in its mighty defences. But he trusted in G-d as the source of his help rather than in man-made citadels and nature's rocky mountains.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains

From whence shall my help come?
My help cometh from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved;
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Doth neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is they keeper;
The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day,
Nor the moon by night

The Lord shall keep thee from all evil;
He shall keep thy soul.

The Lord shall guard thy going out
and thy coming in.

From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 29
The Name of G-d appears eighteen times in this psalm, corresponding to which our sages established eighteen blessing - the Amidah. The entire psalm can be interpreted as referring to the giving of the Torah and the ingathering of the exiles.

Render to the Lord, children of the mighty
Render to the Lord honor and strength

Render to the Lord the honor due to His Name;
Bow down to the Lord in resplendent holiness.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters,
The G-d of glory thunders; the Lord is over might waters.

The voice of the Lord rsounds with might;
The voice of the Lord resounds with majesty.

The voice of the Lord breaks cedars
The Lord shatter the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes them leap like a calf,
Lebanon and Siron like a young wild on ox.

The voice of the Lord makes the desert tremble
The Lord causes the desert of Kadesh to tremble.

The voice of the Lord causes the does to calve.,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His sanctuary all proclaim His glory.

The Lord sat (as King) at the flood;
The Lord will sit as King forever.

The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace. 

Psalm 146
The psalm inspires man to repent and perform good deeds while still alive. Let him not rely on mortals who are unable to help themselves, and who may suddenly pass on. Rather, one should put his trust in G-d, who is capable of carrying out all He desires.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul.

I will sing to the Lord with Lord with my soul;
I will chant praises to my G-d while I yet exist.

Do not place your trust in nobles,
Nor in mortal man who has not the
ability to bring deliverance.

When his spirt departs, he return to his earth;
On this bery day, his plans come to naught.

Fortunate is he whose help is the G-d of Jacob,
Whose hope rests upon the Lord his G-d.

He makes the heavens, the earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
He keeps HIs promise faithfully forever.

He renders justice to the oppressed;
He gives food to the hungry;
The Lord release those who are bowed,:
The Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches ove rhte strangers;
He upholds the orphan and the widow,
But the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

The LORD will reign for ever,
You G-d, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the LORD!