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The Book of Psalms

Psalms is book 27 of 39 in the Tanakh, part of Ketuvim. It has 150 chapters and 2,527 verses.

Updated September 19, 2026

תְּהִלִּים

Section
Ketuvim
Chapters
150
Verses
2,527
Longest chapter
119 (176 verses)

What Psalms is about

Psalms, Tehillim in Hebrew, is a collection of 150 poems of praise, thanks, lament and trust, arranged in five books. Many are attributed to David. Psalms forms the backbone of Jewish prayer and is the book people turn to most in times of need.

Opening verse

אַשְׁרֵי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב׃

HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

Psalms 1:1

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