Psalms

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Old Testament book book of the Bible liturgical text religious poetry collection sacred text

Psalms is a biblical book in the Old Testament consisting of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Book of Psalms	25
Psalm 23	2
Biblical Psalms	1
Book I (Psalms 1–41)	1
Book II (Psalms 42–72)	1
Book V (Psalms 107–150)	1
Davidic psalms	1
Psalm 1	1
Psalm 137	1
Psalm 51	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Testament book ⓘ book of the Bible ⓘ liturgical text ⓘ religious poetry collection ⓘ sacred text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms Psalter ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical in Catholic Church ⓘ canonical in Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ canonical in Judaism ⓘ canonical in Protestant churches ⓘ
closingDoxology	Psalm 150 ⓘ
contains	hymns of praise ⓘ imprecatory psalms ⓘ laments ⓘ penitential psalms ⓘ royal psalms ⓘ thanksgiving songs ⓘ wisdom psalms ⓘ
division	Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Book I (Psalms 1–41) Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Book II (Psalms 42–72) Psalter ⓘ surface form: Book III (Psalms 73–89) Psalter ⓘ surface form: Book IV (Psalms 90–106) Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Book V (Psalms 107–150)
genre	hymn ⓘ poetry ⓘ prayer ⓘ psalm ⓘ
hasPart	Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Psalm 1 Psalm 119 ⓘ Psalm 150 ⓘ Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Psalm 23 Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Psalm 51 Psalter ⓘ surface form: Psalm 91
influenced	Christian hymnody ⓘ Jewish liturgical poetry ⓘ Western religious music ⓘ
language	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Anglican psalter readings ⓘ Catholic responsorial psalms at Mass ⓘ Christian liturgy of the hours ⓘ Jewish daily prayer ⓘ monastic offices ⓘ
majorTheme	Torah meditation ⓘ kingship of God ⓘ lament ⓘ praise of God ⓘ repentance ⓘ thanksgiving ⓘ trust in God ⓘ
mostVersesChapter	Psalm 119 ⓘ
numberOfChapters	150 ⓘ
partOf	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Ketuvim ⓘ Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
positionInHebrewBible	first book of Ketuvim ⓘ
quotedIn	New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
shortestChapter	Psalm 117 ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Asaph ⓘ David ⓘ Ethan the Ezrahite ⓘ Heman the Ezrahite ⓘ Moses ⓘ King Solomon ⓘ surface form: Solomon Sons of Korah ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalms → alsoKnownAs → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Psalter → alternateName → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Psalter → alternateName → Psalms ⓘ

On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry → analyzes → Psalms ⓘ

Lord of hosts → appearsIn → Psalms ⓘ

Shaddai → appearsInBook → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Zion → appearsInBook → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Ten Days of Repentance → associatedText → Psalms ⓘ

Psalm 151 → associatedWith → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Psalm 151 → associatedWith → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Davidic psalms

King David → associatedWork → Psalms ⓘ

Psalm 150 → bookOfBible → Psalms ⓘ

Codex Alexandrinus → contains → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

GNB → contains → Psalms ⓘ

subject surface form: Good News Bible

Haggadah → contains → Psalms ⓘ

New American Bible → contains → Psalms ⓘ

New King James Version → contains → Psalms ⓘ

Orit → contains → Psalms ⓘ

Tanakh → contains → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Ketuvim → containsBook → Psalms ⓘ

Writings → containsBook → Psalms ⓘ

Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → Psalms ⓘ

Korah → descendantsMentionedIn → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Davidic covenant → developedIn → Psalms ⓘ

Psalms → division → Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book I (Psalms 1–41)

Psalms → division → Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book II (Psalms 42–72)

Psalms → division → Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book V (Psalms 107–150)

Zayin → hasAcrosticUseInBook → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → hasBiblicalSource → Psalms ⓘ

Psalms → hasPart → Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Psalm 1

Psalms → hasPart → Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Psalm 23

Psalms → hasPart → Psalms self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Psalm 51

Psalter → hasPart → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Synodal Bible → hasPart → Psalms ⓘ

Zion theology → hasScripturalFocus → Psalms ⓘ

Shivat Tzion → hasSourceText → Psalms ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Psalms ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Psalms ⓘ

Septuagint → includesBook → Psalms ⓘ

Canticle of the Sun → influencedBy → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Psalms

Psalm 150 → isFinalPsalmOf → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Psalm 117 → isShortestPsalmIn → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Messiah → keyText → Psalms ⓘ

Hallel → liturgicalCategory → Psalms ⓘ

Psalm 117 → locatedInCanonicalOrder → Psalms ⓘ

Asaph → mentionedIn → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Heman the Ezrahite → mentionedIn → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

King David → mentionedIn → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Sons of Korah → mentionedIn → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms

Psalm 117 → partOf → Psalms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Psalms