Psalms in Israel's worship
About this date: Davidic association is important, but neither the individual psalms nor the final Psalter can be assigned one BCE year.
The Psalter preserves royal, communal, lament, and praise traditions; individual psalms and the final collection do not share a single date.
People
- David
- Asaph
- sons of Korah
Scripture
- Psalms 1–2 — The opening psalms contrast righteous and wicked ways and portray God's anointed king.
- Psalm 22 — A lament moves from abandonment and suffering toward praise and hope.
- Psalm 51 — A prayer of repentance asks God for cleansing and a renewed spirit.
- Psalm 110 — A royal psalm portrays a figure invited to sit at God's right hand.