Psalms
Purpose
Israel's hymnbook and prayer book, giving voice to worship, lament, thanksgiving, and trust across every season of life.
Author
Multiple: David (~73), Asaph, the sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Ethan, and others
Time Period
Collected over centuries, final form c. 400 BC; individual psalms from c. 1000 to post-exile
Key Themes
- Worship
- Lament
- Trust
- God's kingship
- Messiah
Outline
Book I (ch. 1-41), Book II (42-72), Book III (73-89), Book IV (90-106), Book V (107-150); closing doxology (146-150).
Chapters
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150