Religious Verse and Devotional Song

a genre of improvised oral poetry from the historical Amhara province of Ethiopia

Christian poetry is any poetry that contains Christian teachings, themes, or references.

Buddhist poetry is a genre of literature that forms a part of Buddhist discourse.

Meditative poetry combines the religious practice of meditation with verse.

The gosos or goccius (Sardinian) or goigs (Catalan) are a kind of devotional and paraliturgical songs sang pertaining to the folk tradition that are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, or a saint.

Hamd (Arabic: حمد, romanized: ḥamd, lit. 'praise') is a word that exclusively praises God - whether written or spoken.

A Nowheh, Nohay or Noha (Persian: نوحه nowheh, Urdu: نوحہ; translit. nūḥa/nawḥa; Azerbaijani: Növhə/Нөвһә/نؤوحه), is an elegy about the martyrdom of Husayn and his family and companions in the Battle of Karbala.

The ancient Hebrews identified poetic portions in their sacred texts, as shown by their entitling as "psalms" or as "chants" passages such as Exodus 15:1-19 and Numbers 21:17-20; a song or chant (shir) is, according to the primary meaning of the term, poetry.

A renowned collection of Buddhist caryagiti, or mystical songs, is the Charyapada, a palm-leaf manuscript of the 8th-12th century text having been found in the early 20th century in Nepal.

is a Jewish liturgical poem, usually designated to be sung, chanted, or recited during religious services.

poetry in praise of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad

Ginans are devotional hymns or poems recited by Shia Ismaili Muslims

composed in Kannada by saints of the Lingayat faith, most notably Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi, and Allama Prabhu.