NOTES

NOTES

1. About God and His people; struggles and joy of life; wide range of human emotions

2. Prayers and poems; music for worship

3. Psalters: different kind of poetry (1400 BC to 400 BC)

4. Psalms are divided into five book (Psalm 72:20)

5. Five main collections in the Psalters

   • The Davidic Collectors: 3-41. 51-70, 108-110, 138-145)
   • The Asaph Psalms: 78-83
   • The Korah Psalms: 42, 44-49, 84-85, 87-88
   • The Songs of Ascent: 120-134
   • The Hallel found in the Psalms: 113-118, 146-150

6. Solomon (2) and Moses (1) wrote Psalms

7. 34 orphan Psalms