Why the Psalms?

composition of psalms• Book 1. 1-41 (41:13)• Book 2. 42-72 (72:18-19)• Book 3. 73-89 (89:52)• Book 4. 90-106 (106:48)• Book 5. 107-150 (150:6)

The titles• About a person or persons (Ps.

73)• Some historical point (PS. 18)• Musical note (Ps. 4)• Type of Psalm (Ps. 120)• Liturgical point (Ps. 38)

types• Psalms of Praise (145)• Psalms of Worship (117)• Psalms of Lament (137)• Psalms of Ascent (121)

New Testament use• Most quoted book in NT• 79 quotations, 333 allusions• Hebrews 1:5/Psalms 2:7

Interesting points• Acrostic Psalms 111, 112, 119• Parallelism Ps. 114:6