Table P.3 Allusions to Psalms by Other Speakers
# | Psalm | NT Reference | Speaker |
1 | 78:24 | John 6:31 | crowd |
2 | 89:36 | John 12:34 | crowd |
3 | 91:11-12 | Matt. 4:6; Lk. 4:10 | Satan |
4 | 103:17 | Lk 1:50 | Mary |
5 | 107:9 | Lk 1:53 | Mary |
6 | 118:25-26 | Matt. 21:9; Mk. 11:9-10; Lk. 19:38; John 12:13 | crowd |
7 | 148:1 | Matt. 21:9; Mk. 11:10 | crowd |
Table P.4 Organization Chart
Topic | Principle | Theme | Chapter |
God (theology) | Revelation[12] | Speech | 1 |
Instruction | 2 | ||
Wisdom | 3 | ||
Creation | 4 | ||
Blessing | 5 | ||
Greatness | 6 | ||
Holiness | 7 | ||
Wrath | 8 | ||
Justice | 9 | ||
Compassion | 10 | ||
Love & Faithfulness | 11 | ||
Protection | 12 | ||
Man (anthropology) | Sin [4] | Iniquity | 13 |
Pride | 14 | ||
The Wicked | 15 | ||
The Enemies | 16 | ||
Judgment [4] | Punishment | 17 | |
Imprecation | 18 | ||
Affliction | 19 | ||
Prayer | 20 | ||
Salvation (soteriology) | Deliverance [8] | Redemption | 21 |
Hope | 22 | ||
The Righteous | 23 | ||
Joy | 24 | ||
Praise | 25 | ||
Worship | 26 | ||
Life | 27 | ||
Sovereignty | 28 |
Arrangement of Psalms into Five Books
The edition of the book of Psalms that has providentially come down to us has been divided into five groups, known as “books.”16 Robertson has presented charts in color to indicate how the books advance the themes introduced in Psalms 1 and 2, thus indicating the significance of these books for theology.17 My work on themes in Psalms, therefore, has given some attention to these divisions (especially, statistically). Table P.5 lists the psalms, verses, and Hebrew words in each of the five books. Many of the statistical tables in the following chapters of this volume have double lines to indicate the Psalm book divisions.
Table P.5 The Five Books in Psalms
Books | Psalms | Verses | Words |
I | 1-41 | 616 (25.03%) | 5097 (26.75%) |
II | 42-72 (31) | 465 (18.89%) | 3838 (20.14%) |
III | 73-89 (17) | 358 (14.55%) | 2689 (14.11%) |
IV | 90-106 (17) | 321 (13.04%) | 2411 (12.65%) |
V | 107-150 (44) | 701 (28.48%) |
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