The Book in the order it was written
TimelineContentsSection V. Early Post-Exilic / Persian Period · 539 - c. 400 BCE

Psalms

150 chapters · 2,461 verses · 41,312 words

The Psalter as a collection reaches its final form in this period, but individual psalms range from the monarchy to the Hellenistic age, and the arrangement into five books is editorial. The Qumran psalms scrolls preserve a different order and additional compositions.

Chapters

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