1. They seem to be ancient Older spelling of David Some may be subscriptions Habakkuk 3 is pre-exile Habakkuk 3 may be ‘old school’ See Thirtle, Titles Of The Psalms, 1905. E.g. The “maidens” Psa 46:0 fits more naturally in Psa 45:9-14 The LXX alters and jumbles them

2. Authorship Genre Musical Notes Historical Notes

3. Mizmor, 44x, + 13x with “song” Maskil, “instruction” 12x, + “song” (Psa 45) and “prayer” (Psa 142) Miktam, “Engraven” 6x, all by David Prayer/Intercession, (tplh) 4x Song of Praise, (thlh) 1x Song, (shir) 1x alone, 29x conjoined

4. Songs of Ascents, Psa 120-34 Hallelujah, “Praise the Lord” Superscription of Psa111, 112 Subscription of Psa104, 105, 115, 116 Both in Psa 106, 113, 117, 135, 146-50 Only in Bk 5; though Psa 22:23; Jer 20:13; 31:7 have the shortened form.

5. Shiggaion, “loud cry” Psa 7; cf. Hab 3:1 Mahalath, “great dancing” Psa 53, 88 [s] Gittith, “ winepress” Psa 8, 81, 84 [s] Shoshannim, “to the tune of lilies” or “spring,” Passover (?), 45, 60, 69, 80 [s], Tune, 9, 22, 56, “destroy” 57-59, 75 Singers, 1 Chr 25:1-6: Jeduthun 39, 62, 77; Asaph 50, 73-83; Heman 88