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Title: Hebrew

Title: Hebrew. “Tehillah” which is “praise” or “prayer” (cf. Psalm 72:20). It is used 30x in the Psalms but only as a title in 109 and 145, though it begins the untitled Psalms 147, 149. . Title: Greek. Psalms is a Greek Title from the LXX A song accompanied by a musical instrument.

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Title: Hebrew

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  1. Title: Hebrew • “Tehillah” which is “praise” or “prayer” (cf. Psalm 72:20). • It is used 30x in the Psalms but only as a title in 109 and 145, though it begins the untitled Psalms 147, 149.

  2. Title: Greek • Psalms is a Greek Title from the LXX • A song accompanied by a musical instrument. • It is in the title to 44 Psalms (21 in book 1 and 7/7/9 respectively in books 2, 3, 4/5)

  3. Five Books • I:1-41; II:42-72; III:73-89; IV:90-106; V:107-150. • See 41:13; 72:19-20; 89:52; 106:52 • The first two psalms and the last serve as book-ends. Psalm 1-2 begin and end with the word “blessed” • Cf. Psalm 151.

  4. Collections • David 74x, plus 2 OT & 2 NT. • Sons of Korah 11x: Psalms 42, 44-49, 84-85, 87-88 • Asaph: 50, 73–83 • If Psalm 42–50 were moved from book 2 to book 3, then book three would be almost exclusively Asaph and Korah

  5. Davidic Psalms • l-dvd may mean “written to” or “on behalf of” David [dative] or “by David” [genitive]. • “By David”: Isa 38:9 and Hab 3:1. • See Psalm 7.0, 18.0 in context. • Psalm 72:20, refers to the bulk of book 2, especially since Psalm 72 is credited to Solomon.

  6. David’s Reputation • He was known as a poet: Ecclesiasticus 47.7-11, 2 Macc. 2:13 • 4Qpsa: “He wrote 3,600 psalms to sing before the altar … for all the days of the year, 364; and for the offering of the Sabbaths, 52 songs; and for the offering of the New Moons and … the day of Atonement, 30 songs. And all the songs that he composed were 446, and songs for making music over the stricken.”

  7. David’s Reputation • B. Baba Bathra (14b) states, "David wrote the Book of Psalms with the aid of the ten ancients, with the aid of Adam the first, Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Heman, Jeduthun, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah." • Midrash Psa 1.2, "As Moses gave five books of laws to Israel, so David gave five books of Psalms to Israel."

  8. Solomon • 1 Kings 4:29-34 credits Solomon with 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs of which we have only 2 (Psa 72 & 127). • There are 18 more in the Pseudepigraphal collection of the Psalms of Solomon from c. 50 B.C.E.

  9. Qumran • 11QPsa&b has fourteen of the psalms which can be compared to the MT • 11 are almost identical; cf. J. Fraser, "The Authenticity of the Psalm Titles“ • Half are from the Psalms of Ascent showing Qumran’s interest in return ing to the temple

  10. Recycled Psalms • Psa 14 (book 1) and 53 (book 2). • Psalm 40:13–17 (book 1) = Psalm 70 (book 2) (edited or corrupted, cf. v. 14) • Psalm 57:7-11 and Psalm 60:5-12, with minor variations (book 2) make up Psalm 108 (book 5).

  11. Recycled Psalms • Psalm 18 (book 1) is virtually identical to 2 Sam 22. Notice that the title is even retained, indicating its importance. • Psalm 96 (book 4) was used, along with Psalm 105:1-15 (book 4) to compose 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 where it was attributed to David

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