Every psalm
is connected.
One hundred and fifty songs, five books, a dozen writers and a handful of big ideas that keep coming back. Tap any node to move the map to it. Tap a psalm number once to focus it, and again to go and read it.
- Psalms
- 150
- Books
- 5
- Branches
- 8
- By David
- 73
Psalms
Books
Branches
By David
Tap any branch to dive in: who wrote the Psalms, the five books, the song types, the themes, what they're used for, and the most-loved ones.
Did you know?
150 psalms — the most chapters of any book in the Bible.
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the whole Bible (176 verses), and Psalm 117 is the shortest — just 2.
Psalm 118 sits almost exactly in the middle of the Bible.
Psalm 90 is probably the oldest, and it was written by Moses.
73 of them were written by David — at least.
5 books divide the Psalms, and each one ends in a burst of praise.
“Selah” appears about 71 times. It may mean “pause and think about that.”
The New Testament quotes the Psalms more than any other Old Testament book — and Jesus prayed them.
Tehillim is the Hebrew name of the book. It means “praises.”