The Book of Psalms is a collection of spiritual songs telling how the spiritual leaders and the Leviticual priesthood of Israel, whom we call, psalmists, met sorrow or joy, fear or trust, dark sinning or righteous living. Every experience that men have faced is reflected in their shinning words. And, furthermore, since they were Israelites they told also what they felt about their life and experiences.
In all that happened to them, the psalmists had one great help, their wonderful and unwavering faith in a loving God who never failed them. Thus, though a thousand years, in every circumstances of life, they felt that God was with them to strengthen and fortify them, and in all the poems they wrote they sang His praise.
The name of the Book of Psalms, if the Hebrew (Tehillim) were translated directly, would be "The Book of Praise - Songs." This name conveys immediately the spirit of its one hundred and fifty hymns, anthems and songs -- the unending praise of God.
King David, according to ancient traditions, was the author of the Book of Psalms, and undoubtedly he wrote many of them. Seventy-three of the psalms are attributed to David. Most of these psalms seem to deal with events in the life of David. The Psalms of David
In the book itself, other names are mentioned as writers of psalms such as The Psalms of Moses, The Psalms of Solomon, and The Psalms of Asaph, The Psalms of the sons of Korah, and The Psalms of Ethan, The Psalms of Heman and others. The Book of Psalms, therefore, is properly regarded as a collection of groups of spiritual poems written over many centuries by the spiritual leaders of Israel.
In all that happened to them, the psalmists had one great help, their wonderful and unwavering faith in a loving God who never failed them. Thus, though a thousand years, in every circumstances of life, they felt that God was with them to strengthen and fortify them, and in all the poems they wrote they sang His praise.
The name of the Book of Psalms, if the Hebrew (Tehillim) were translated directly, would be "The Book of Praise - Songs." This name conveys immediately the spirit of its one hundred and fifty hymns, anthems and songs -- the unending praise of God.
King David, according to ancient traditions, was the author of the Book of Psalms, and undoubtedly he wrote many of them. Seventy-three of the psalms are attributed to David. Most of these psalms seem to deal with events in the life of David. The Psalms of David
In the book itself, other names are mentioned as writers of psalms such as The Psalms of Moses, The Psalms of Solomon, and The Psalms of Asaph, The Psalms of the sons of Korah, and The Psalms of Ethan, The Psalms of Heman and others. The Book of Psalms, therefore, is properly regarded as a collection of groups of spiritual poems written over many centuries by the spiritual leaders of Israel.