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In its final edition, the Psalter contained 150 psalms. Whether the 'Great Hallel' ( Ps 120-136) was already a recognized unit is not known.

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Other apparent groupings include Ps 111-118 (a series of Hallelujah psalms see introduction to Ps 113), Ps 138-145 (all of which include 'of David' in their titles) and Ps 146-150 (with their frequent 'Praise the Lord' see NIV text note on 111:1). Moreover, Ps 93-100ДЄppear to be a traditional collection (see 'The Lord reigns' in 93:1 96:10 97:1 99:1). The reason for the Elohim collection in distinctionДЇrom the Yahweh collection remains a matter of speculation. Use of the divine name Yahweh ('the Lord'), while Ps 42-72 (Book II) make frequent Other evidence points to further compilations. (2) the psalms and/or songs 'of Asaph' ( Ps 50 73-83) and (3) the songs 'of Reference has already been made to 'the prayers of David.'ДЄdditional collections expressly referred to in the present Psalter titlesДЄre: (1) the songs and/or psalms 'of the Sons of Korah' ( Ps 42-49 84-85 87-88), (Solomon's) temple (or even to the time of David), when the temple liturgyД«egan to take shape. The formation of psalters probably goes back to the early days of the first Many collections preceded this final compilation of the Psalms. OT canon more commonly known as the 'Writings' (see Lk 24:44 and note). At that time PsalmsДЄppears also to have been used as a title for the entire section of the Hebrew it was referred to as the 'Book of Psalms' ( Lk 20:42 Ac 1:20).

The life of faith in accordance with the Law, the Prophets and the canonical Strongly suggest that this collection was viewed by its final editors as aД«ook of instruction in the faith and in full-orbed godliness - thus a guide for But it is more thanДЄ treasury of prayers and hymns for liturgical and private use on chosen occasions.Д«oth the scope of its subject matter and the arrangement of the whole collection Herod's) temple and was used in the synagogues as well. It has often been called the prayer book of the 'second' (Zerubbabel's and Temple personnel, who completed it probably in the third century b.c. It was put into its final form by postexilic The Psalter is a collection of collections and represents the final stage Titled 'the prayers of David son of Jesse' ( 72:20). In fact, one of the first collections included in the book was On Ps 145 title), even though many of the psalms are tephillot (meaning The traditional Hebrew title is tehillim (meaning 'praises' see note (such as harp, lyre and lute), then to songs sung with their accompaniment.

Greek translation of the OT), where they originally referred to stringed instruments The titles 'Psalms' and 'Psalter' come from the Septuagint (the pre-Christian Theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Psalms. This summary of the book of Psalms provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme,