1. Why the Psalms?

2. composition of psalms Book 1. 1-41 (41:13) Book 2. 42-72 (72:18-19) Book 3. 73-89 (89:52) Book 4. 90-106 (106:48) Book 5. 107-150 (150:6)

3. The titles About a person or persons (Ps. 73) Some historical point (PS. 18) Musical note (Ps. 4) Type of Psalm (Ps. 120) Liturgical point (Ps. 38)

4. types Psalms of Praise (145) Psalms of Worship (117) Psalms of Lament (137) Psalms of Ascent (121)

5. New Testament use Most quoted book in NT 79 quotations, 333 allusions Hebrews 1:5/Psalms 2:7

6. Interesting points Acrostic Psalms 111, 112, 119 Parallelism Ps. 114:6