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Psalms is itself divided into 5 books.(1) Psalms 1-41; (2) Psalms 42-72; (3) Psalms 73-89; (4) Psalms 90-106; (5)Psalms 107-150

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The book of Psalms, written over a period of a thousand years, was actually the 'song book' for the nation of Israel, and these individual songs (psalms) were sung at the temple and at other occasions. The little 'headings' (superscriptions) above various Psalms tell us that King David wrote 73 of these songs, the Sons of Korah wrote 11 , the House of Asaph wrote 12 , Moses 1, Solomon 1, Ethan the Ezrahite 1, and over 40 are without a specific recorded writer.

Many of the Psalms were prophetic, pointing to the coming Messiah(Psalm 40:6-8/Hebrews 10:5-10) ,(Psalm 2:7/Mark 1:9-11; Hebrews 1:5; 5:5), (Psalm 8:4-6 / Hebrews 2:6-8), (Psalm 22:22 /Hebrews 2:11, 12),(Psalms 78:2; Matthew 13:35),(Psalm 69:9/ John 2:13-17;Romans 15:3),(Psalms 35:19; 69:4/John 15:25), (Psalms 18:49; 117:1/Romans 15:9, 11)(Psalm 22:18/Matthew 27:35)...and many more. The book of Psalms contains not just lovely poetry(Psalm 8:3-4), but information on the value of God's word(Psalm 119:105), insight into God's activities(Psalm 46:1), expressions of praise and thanks to God(Psalms 148:13+14), Requests for help from God (Psalms 119:124, 125), Advice to help us gain God's approval (such as, at Psalms 112:1-4) and basic Bible doctrines(Psalms 83:18).

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