Book of Psalms

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Book of Psalms has 150 chapters.
Book of Psalms has 150 chapters.

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Book of Psalms has 150 chapters.

Psalms Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises") is a book of the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament), included in the collected works known as the "Writings" or Ketuvim.

Etymology

The word psalms is derived from the Greek: Psalmoi, originally meaning "songs sung to a harp", from psallein "play on a stringed instrument", Ψαλμοί.