Psalms

The Psalms (Greek psalmoi, "songs sung to a stringed instrument"; Hebrew tehillim, "praises") are the collected liturgical and devotional poetry of ancient Israel, comprising 150 compositions organized in five books (Pss. 1–41, 42–72, 73–89, 90–106, 107–150). Authors include David (73 psalms), Asaph (12), the sons of Korah (11), Solomon (2), Moses (1), Ethan (1), and fifty anonymous. The psalter covers the full range of human spiritual experience: praise (Ps. 8, 29, 104, 148), lament (Ps. 22, 44, 88), thanksgiving (Ps. 30, 116), penitence (Ps. 51), and messianic prophecy (Ps. 2, 22, 45, 110). The New Testament quotes the Psalms more than any other Old Testament book, with Psalm 110 being the most frequently cited passage. Jesus quoted from the Psalms on the cross (Matt. 27:46; Luke 23:46) and declared that all things written about him in "the psalms" must be fulfilled (Luke 24:44).