The Psalms are divided according to their authors. Seventy three are assigned to David by their titles and fifty are anonymous. Among the later are at least two that were written by David. (Compare Psalm 2 with Acts 4:25 and Psalm 95 with Hebrews 4:7) Twelve are assigned to Asaph and ten to the Sons of Korah. In the Psalms of Korah, He is seen as King, watching over his people. The Psalms are sometimes divided according to books, each book ending with a doxology. See the close of Psalms 41, 72, 89, 106 and 150. This division is sometimes questioned for three reasons:

1. The title of the book of Psalms in Hebrew is in the singular number.
2. The numbering of the Psalms throughout the book continues unbroken.
3. Other doxologies are found in the book. for example Psalms 117 and 134.

• The Psalms of David's time
• Those of Asaph and Korah were written during the divided kingdom, chiefly in the reigns of Jehosophat and Hezekiah.
• Psalms 102 and 137 were written during the exile.
• presumably, the last two books, so called, (90-150) are chiefly post-Babylonian.

1. Those refering to God and divine things.
2. Those refering to the Messiah and His Kingdom.
3. Those refering to Israel and her history.
4. Those refering to the Psalmist and his experience.

1. Psalms of Instruction: 1,19,39.
2. Psalms of Praise: 8, 29, 93, 100.
3. Psalms of Thanksgiving: 30, 65, 103, 107, 116.
4. Psalms of penitence: 6, 32, 38, 51, 143.
5. Psalms of trust: 3, 27, 31, 46.
6. Psalms of distress and sorrow: 4, 13, 55.
7. Psalms of aspiration: 42, 63, 84, 137.
8. Psalms of history: 78, 105, 106.
9. Psalms ofprophecy (Messianic or Millenial):2, 9, 16, 22, 45, 72, 110.


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