Notice These Notes

Notice These Notes

1. The Psalms are about God and God's people, their struggles and joys of life with God. A wide range of human emotions are described

2. the Psalms are poetry and prayer, set to music for worship

3. the Psalter, as the Book of Psalms is often called, is a collection of different kinds of poetry spanning from 1400 BC

4. The Psalms is divided into 5 Books (Psalm 72:20)

   • The Davidic Collection (3-41 | 51-70 | 108 - 110 | 138 - 145)
   • The Asaph Psalms (73-83)
   • The Korah Psalms (42 | 44-49 | 84-85 | 87-88)
   • The Songs of Ascent (120-134)
   • The Hallel found in Psalms (113-118 | 146-150)

5. Solomon (2) & Moses (1) each wrote Psalms

6. There are 34 orphan Psalms