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 1  PreNAB                     |           The basic text for the Psalms is not the Massoretic but
 2  PreNAB                     |          of this canticle in the Psalms scroll from Qumran Cave
 3  PreNAB                     |       Wisdom, and Sirach. In the Psalms, the enumeration found in
 4    Pent,  Deu  Int          |       coming, it shared with the Psalms a preeminent religious influence
 5     His, 1Chr   16:    8(1) |   textual variants, from several Psalms: 1 Chron 16:8-22 = Psalm
 6     His,  Neh   11:   17    |        of Asaph, director of the psalms, who led the thanksgiving
 7     His,  Tob  Int          |      Christian circles. Prayers, psalms, and words of wisdom, as
 8     His,  Tob   13:    1(1) |        themes from the hymns and psalms of the kingdom; the second (
 9     His,  Jdt  Int          |          texts of Isaiah and the Psalms portraying the special intervention
10   WisdB                     |          Books~The Books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
11   WisdB                     |        With the exception of the Psalms, the majority of which are
12   WisdB                     |    epigrams, and also into those psalms intended for instruction.~
13   WisdB                     |          fulfilling all that the Psalms foretold concerning him,
14   WisdB,  Psa               |                                  Psalms~
15   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |    different division of certain psalms. Hence the numbering in
16   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |       known to us. Seventy-three psalms are attributed to David,
17   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |  Maccabean period (ca. 165). The psalms are the product of many
18   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |        important features of the psalms deserve special notice.
19   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |       the Temple.~There are more psalms of lament than of any other
20   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |          suffering people.~Other psalms are clearly classified on
21   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |         in themselves laments or psalms of thanksgiving. Among the "
22   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |  thanksgiving. Among the "royal: psalms, that deal directly with
23   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |        and 72. Many of the royal psalms were given a messianic interpretation
24   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |  reported in 2 Samuel 7. Certain psalms are called wisdom psalms
25   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |         psalms are called wisdom psalms because they seem to betray
26   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |   Somewhat related to the wisdom psalms are the "torah" psalms,
27   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |    wisdom psalms are the "torah" psalms, in which the torah (instruction
28   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |       considered as "historical" psalms. Although the majority of
29   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |     Although the majority of the psalms have a liturgical setting,
30   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |      obvious that not all of the psalms can be pigeon-holed into
31   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |      structure and spirit of the psalms we read. It has been rightly
32   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |       been rightly said that the psalms are "a school of prayer."
33   WisdB,  Psa    1:    1(1) |     preface to the whole Book of Psalms, contrasting with striking
34   WisdB,  Psa    1:    1(2) |          here and in many of the Psalms as typical, and therefore
35   WisdB,  Psa    3:    3(3) |         It occurs 71 times in 39 psalms.~
36   WisdB,  Psa    4:    1(2) |        but may signify that such psalms once stood together in a
37   WisdB,  Psa    6:    1(1) |         of the seven Penitential Psalms (Psalm 6, 32, 38, 51, 102,
38   WisdB,  Psa    6:    1(1) |         seventh century A.D. for psalms suitable to express repentance.
39   WisdB,  Psa    9:    1(1) |                                  Psalms 9-10] Psalm 9 and Psalm
40   WisdB,  Psa    9:    1(1) | tradition. Each verse of the two psalms begins with a successive
41   WisdB,  Psa   12:    1(1) |      usually transmitted in such psalms. In Psalm 12:7-8 the psalmist
42   WisdB,  Psa   18:    1(1) |        in 2 Sam 22. Thanksgiving psalms are in essence reports of
43   WisdB,  Psa   25:    1(1) |          alphabet. Such acrostic psalms are often a series of statements
44   WisdB,  Psa   32:    1(1) |         of the seven Penitential Psalms (cf Psalm 6). The opening
45   WisdB,  Psa   38:    1(1) |           one of the Penitential Psalms (cf Psalm 6), the psalmist
46   WisdB,  Psa   41:    2(2) |        the lowly and poor: other psalms use the same formula ("Happy
47   WisdB,  Psa   42:    1(1) |                                  Psalms 42-43] Psalm 42-43 form
48   WisdB,  Psa   51:    1(1) |         of the seven Penitential Psalms, prays for the removal of
49   WisdB,  Psa   55:    1(1) |          occurs elsewhere in the psalms; an example of such a death
50   WisdB,  Psa   64:    1(1) |          who are depicted in the psalms as the enemies of the righteous (
51   WisdB,  Psa   72:   20    |               20 ~The end of the psalms of David, son of Jesse. ~ ~ ~
52   WisdB,  Psa   87:    1(1) |         87] A song of Zion, like Psalms 46; 48; 76; 132. After the
53   WisdB,  Psa   89:   53(10)|         of the third book of the Psalms; it is not part of Psalm
54   WisdB,  Psa   91:    1(2) |         hiding place" but in the psalms a designation for the protected
55   WisdB,  Psa   93:    1(2) |         reigns." This psalm, and Psalms 47; 96-99, are sometimes
56   WisdB,  Psa   93:    1(2) |    sometimes called enthronement psalms. They may have been used
57   WisdB,  Psa   95:    2    |    praise, joyfully sing out our psalms. ~
58   WisdB,  Psa   98:    1(2) |          Israel, depicted in the psalms variously as a cosmic force
59   WisdB,  Psa  102:    1(1) |           one of the Penitential Psalms. The psalmist, experiencing
60   WisdB,  Psa  108:    1(1) |          compiled from two other psalms: Psalm 108:2-6 are virtually
61   WisdB,  Psa  112:    1(1) |         10). The logic resembles Psalms 1; 111.~
62   WisdB,  Psa  119:    1(1) |          laws (frequent in other psalms). The psalm is fascinated
63   WisdB,  Psa  120:    1(2) |      Most probably these fifteen psalms once formed a collection
64   WisdB,  Psa  120:    1(2) |      once formed a collection of psalms sung when pilgrims went
65   WisdB,  Psa  120:    1(2) |       the explanation that these psalms were sung by the exiles
66   WisdB,  Psa  120:    1(2) |    corresponded to these fifteen psalms (Middot 2:5) must underlie
67   WisdB,  Psa  143:    1(1) |       Church's seven Penitential Psalms, this lament is a prayer
68   WisdB,  Psa  144:    1(1) |    entirely of verses from other psalms.~
69   WisdB,  Psa  150:    1(1) |        for the fifth book of the Psalms (Psalm 150:107-149) and
70   WisdB,  Sir   44:    5    |           Composers of melodious psalms, or discoursers on lyric
71   WisdB,  Sir   47:    9    |   providing sweet melody for the psalms ~
72  ProphB,  Isa   12:    1(1) |        language like that of the Psalms. ~
73  ProphB,  Jer  Int          |          Ezekiel, certain of the psalms, and the second part of
74  ProphB,  Nah    1:    2(1) |          style of the alphabetic psalms; cf Psalm 9A;25;111;119.
75    Gosp,  Mat    5:    3(3) |     Wisdom literature and in the psalms. Although modified by Matthew,
76    Gosp,  Mat   22:   42(27)|       see also the extrabiblical Psalms of Solomon Psalm 17:21.
77    Gosp,  Luk   20:   42    |     David himself in the Book of Psalms says: 'The Lord said to
78    Gosp,  Luk   24:   44    |          and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled." ~
79    Gosp,  Act    1:   20    |        is written in the Book of Psalms: 'Let his encampment become
80   NTLet,  Eph    5:   19    |      addressing one another (in) psalms and hymns and spiritual
81   NTLet,  Col    3:   16    |    admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
82   NTLet,  Heb    1:    5(2) |           The citations from the Psalms in Hebrews 1:5, 13 were
83   CathL,  Rev   19:    1(1) |          of praise in the Hebrew psalms was important in Jewish