5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Book of Psalms

A Beautiful Songbook

The Book of Psalms, commonly referred to as “the Psalms” is an anthology of 150 individual psalms – sacred songs or poems used in worship. The term translates from Greek, meaning “instrumental music”. Located in the Old Testament of the Bible, the Book of Psalms is divided into five sections, Books one through five, and is linked to the name of King David. Of these 150 psalms, all of them contain valuable information about life’s most important questions. When it comes to the memorization of Scripture, there is only one chapter in the Bible that most people have actually memorized and that is the Psalms. Here are five things you didn’t know about one of the most popular and valuable books of the Bible.