Studies in the Psalms

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=150 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Footlight MT Light" ><B>Bible Study Website</B><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B> |   </B><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hurting Christian"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index of Help Topics"><U>Index of Help Topics</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Studies in the Gospels"><U>Studies in the Gospels</U></A>   |   <B>Studies in the Psalms</B>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Studies in the New Testament"><U>Studies in the New Testament</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Studies in the Old Testament"><U>Studies in the Old Testament</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Topical Studies"><U>Topical Studies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weekly Bible Studies with Study Question"><U>Weekly Bible Studies with Study Questions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seasonal Studies"><U>Seasonal Studies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brief Studies"><U>Brief Studies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Believers"><U>New Believers</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="04eb9070.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ask the Pastor a Question or leave a Pra"><U><IMG SRC="0534b140.gif" border=0 width="75" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=330 BGCOLOR="#000099" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B>Studies in the Psalms</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalms 141, Book 1"><U><I>Psalms 1-41,  Book 1</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalms 4272, Book 2"><U><I>Psalms 42-72, Book 2</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalms 73106, Books 3 4"><U><I>Psalms 73-106, Books 3 & 4</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalms 107150, Book 5"><U><I>Psalms 107-150, Book 5</I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Psalms have been blessing believers for centuries.  The amazing thing is that even though these psalms were written thousands of years ago, they offer guidance and help for our modern challenges and problems.  God has been speaking to his people through the psalms for a long time.  When you study them, you will find he will also speak to you!</div> <bR> <div> To make it easier to find the Psalms, I am dividing this list along the traditional Hebrew Masoretic Psalter division of five books.  Each one of these books seems to end with a doxology of praise that was appended to conclude the section.  It is interesting to read these doxologies.  They are located in Psalm 41:14, 72:18-19, 89:53, 106:48, and the entire Psalm 150 as the doxology of the last section and probably of all of the psalms.  Books 1 and 2 were probably the initial psalm book assembled by David when he instituted the temple worship in Jerusalem.  Book 3 was most likely psalms added to the psalm book by those first temple musicians such as Asaph.  Books 4 and 5 may have been added later in the history of Israel, although many of these psalms seem to have been composed and known at a much earlier time.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>