The Psalms
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A.The Types of the Psalms
BOOK I
1 Torah (wisdom) psalm
2 Royal psalm
3 Individual complaint
4 Individual complaint (psalm of trust?)
5 Individual complaint
6 Individual complaint (penitential psalm)
7 Individual complaint
8 Hymn
9-10 Individual complaint? (alphabetical acrostic)
11 Song of trust
12 Community complaint
13 Individual complaint
14 (= 53) Individual complaint
15 Liturgy for admission to the cult
16 Song of trust
17 Individual complaint
18 (=2 Samuel 22) Individual thanksgiving (royal)
19:1-6Hymn
19:7-14Torah (wisdom) psalm
20 Royal psalm
21 Royal psalm
22 Individual complaint
23 Song of trust
24 Hymn
25 Individual complaint (alphabetical acrostic)
26 Individual complaint
27:1-6Song of trust
27:7-14Individual complaint
28 Individual complaint
29 Hymn
30 Individual song of thanksgiving
31 Individual complaint
32 Individual song of thanksgiving (penitential psalm)
33 Hymn
34 Individual song of thanksgiving (alphabetical acrostic)
35 Individual complaint
36 Wisdom psalm (including complaint, hymn)
37 Wisdom psalm (alphabetical acrostic)
38 Individual complaint (penitential psalm)
39 Individual complaint
40:1-11Individual song of thanksgiving
40:12-17Individual complaint
41 Individual complaint
BOOK II
42-43 Individual complaint
44 Community complaint
45 Royal psalm
46 Song of Zion
47 Hymn
48 Song of Zion
49 Wisdom psalm
50 Covenant-renewal liturgy
51 Individual complaint (penitential psalm)
52 Individual complaint (mixture of types)
53 (= 14) Individual complaint
54 Individual complaint
55 Individual complaint
56 Individual complaint
57 Individual complaint
58 Community complaint
59 Individual complaint
60 Community complaint
61 Individual complaint
62 Song of trust
63 Song of trust (individual complaint?)
64 Individual complaint
65 Community song of thanksgiving (hymn?)
66:1-12Hymn
66:13-20Individual song of thanksgiving
67 Community song of thanksgiving (hymn?)
68 Zion liturgy (?)
69 Individual complaint
70 (= 40:13-17) Individual complaint
71 Individual complaint
72 Royal psalm
BOOK III
73 Wisdom psalm
74 Community complaint
75 Community song of thanksgiving (?)
76 Song of Zion
77 Individual complaint
78 Salvation history psalm (wisdom psalm?)
79 Community complaint
80 Community complaint
81 Covenant renewal liturgy
82 Liturgy
83 Community complaint
84 Song of Zion
85 Community complaint
86 Individual complaint
87 Song of Zion
88 Individual complaint
89 Individual complaint (royal)
BOOK IV
90 Community complaint
91 Song of trust
92 Individual song of thanksgiving
93 Hymn
94 Community complaint
95 Hymn
96 Hymn
97 Hymn
98 Hymn
99 Hymn
100 Hymn
101 Royal psalm
102 Individual complaint including hymnic elements (penitential)
103 Hymn
104 Hymn
105 Salvation history psalm (hymn)
106 Salvation history psalm
BOOK V
107 Community song of thanksgiving
108 (= 57:7-11; 60:5-12) Mixed type
109 Individual complaint
110 Royal psalm
111 Hymn (alphabetical acrostic)
112 Wisdom psalm (alphabetical acrostic)
113 Hymn
114 Hymn
115 Liturgy
116 Individual song of thanksgiving
117 Hymn
118 Individual song of thanksgiving (royal)
119 Torah (wisdom) psalm (alphabetical acrostic)
120 Individual complaint
121 Song of trust
122 Song of Zion
123 Community complaint
124 Community song of thanksgiving
125 Song of trust (community complaint?)
126 Community complaint (?)
127 Wisdom psalm
128 Wisdom psalm
129 Community complaint (?)
129 Individual complaint (penitential psalm)
131 Song of trust
132 Liturgy of the Davidic covenant
133 Wisdom psalm
134 Liturgy
135 Salvation history psalm (hymn)
136 Salvation history psalm (hymn; community thanksgiving?)
137 Community complaint
138 Individual song of thanksgiving
139 Individual complaint (wisdom psalm?)
140 Individual complaint
140 Individual complaint
142 Individual complaint
143 Individual complaint
144:1-11Royal psalm
145 Hymn (alphabetical acrostic)
146 Hymn
147 Hymn
148 Hymn
149 Hymn
150 Doxology to conclude the Psalter
Note: Based on Anderson (1974) Appendix B.