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The Book of Psalms

Poetry and Song of Victory, Loss and Inspiration

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The Book of Psalms

By: David King of Israel, Moses Moshe Rabbenu, Solomon King of Israel
Narrated by: Tony Harriman
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Perhaps the most important book in the Old Testament regarding Man's honor of God. Bringing into perspective the symbiotic relationship between everything that exists, the Book of Psalms offers a window into the minds of its authors regarding their sense of loneliness at times, and also their absolute dependence on and protection of God.

The Book of Psalms is considered to be the hymnbook of the Old Testament Jews. The Book has several authors, most notably David, King of Israel, who is credited with writing 73 of the Psalms. Other authors of the Psalms include Moses, Solomon (the son of David), Asaph, and the Sons of Korah. The Book of Psalms is essentially a book of poetry set to music.

Translated from the Hebrew, the title of the book means songs of praise, and many of the Psalms are to be played on various stringed instruments. Historically it is believed that the Psalms were closely associated with the Jerusalem temple sacrifices and services, being either read or sung. The majority of the Psalms are written with instruction to the music director. The construction and assembly of the Book of Psalms is considered to span over a thousand years.

This narration includes brief section introductions; traditionally, the book is divided into five sections, possibly relating to the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses. Psalm 119, is an acrostic poem, which may or may not be used to contain a code using certain letters to spell a word. Its 176 verses are divided into 22 stanzas containing eight verses. In the Hebrew text, each of the eight verses of each stanza begins with the same Hebrew letter, one for each of the 22 characters that make up the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the 22 sections of eight verses in this Psalm is subheaded with the name of a letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and is included in this narration.

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