Explore the Book of Psalms via the Five Books that mirror the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
This page provides you with an introduction to the character of the Five Books and then a Table of The Five Books with Links so that you can explore the Psalms directly, as I add them.
Introduction
In the Hebrew Bible this is the Torah – the Five Books of Moses. This parallel was understood as deliberate.
- These five books speak of God’s covenant with humanity,
- the five books of Psalms speak of humanity’s response — in prayer, in praise, in lament, and in longing.
Together, they form a conversation that has never grown old.
Each of the five books carries its own character, its own emotional and spiritual center of gravity. Taken together, they trace a journey of the soul — from the most intimate personal encounter with God, through suffering and questioning, toward a final, all-encompassing outpouring of praise.
Book One — Sefer Rishon (Psalms 1–41)
Book One, often called the book of the individual soul, these psalms explore the intimate relationship between a person and God — trust, lament, refuge, and thanksgiving in the most personal key.
Book Two — Sefer Sheni (Psalms 42–72)
Book Two, themes of longing, exile, and the search for God’s presence deepen here, alongside psalms of the community and the king. The soul reaches across distance toward the divine.
Book Three — Sefer Shlishi (Psalms 73–89)
Book Three is the shortest of the five books, and perhaps the most searching. These psalms wrestle with doubt, national suffering, and the mystery of divine justice — honest and unflinching in their questioning.
Book Four — Sefer Revi’i (Psalms 90–106)
Book Four, opening with the only psalm attributed to Moses, this book turns toward God’s eternal sovereignty — beyond history, beyond loss. It carries a quality of deep surrender and cosmic perspective.
Book Five — Sefer Chamishi (Psalms 107–150)
Book Five is a great gathering of praise and return. The book — and the entire collection — builds toward the final crescendo of Psalms 145–150, a sustained outpouring of pure praise that ends with every living thing breathing the name of God.
Go to:
Table of The Five Books with Links
As I add Psalms they will be linked from this table.
| Book One — Sefer Rishon (Psalms 1–41) | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| 41 | ||||
| Book Two — Sefer Sheni (Psalms 42–72) | ||||
| 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 |
| 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 |
| 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 |
| 72 | ||||
| Book Three — Sefer Shlishi (Psalms 73–89) | ||||
| 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 |
| 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 |
| 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 |
| 88 | 89 | |||
| Book Four — Sefer Revi’i (Psalms 90–106) | ||||
| 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 |
| 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 |
| 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 |
| 105 | 106 | |||
| Book Five — Sefer Chamishi (Psalms 107–150) | ||||
| 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 |
| 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 |
| 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 |
| 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 |
| 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 |
| 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 |
| 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 |
| 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 |
| 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | |
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