Psalms (KJV)
150 chapters · 2,461 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Psalms
The Psalms are Israel's inspired songbook and prayer book, voicing praise, lament, thanksgiving, confession, and trust. They give honest language for the full range of human experience before God.
- Genre
- Poetry (worship & prayer)
- Author
- Various authors; many attributed to David (also Asaph, the sons of Korah, Moses, Solomon, and others)
- First audience
- Israel at worship, and all who pray
How to read it: Read as poetry and prayer — feel the imagery and emotion; don't press metaphors into doctrine, and let laments and praises shape how you speak to God.
It opens: “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” (Psalms 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Psalms
The verses of Psalms that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Read Psalms with a guide
- Psalms in 30 Days30 days through the prayer book of the BibleAll 30 days in Psalms
- Depression & the Dark Night7 days on hope in the darkness4 of 7 days in Psalms
- 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting21 days on humility, prayer and seeking God3 of 21 days in Psalms
- Comfort in Sickness7 days of God's presence in illness3 of 7 days in Psalms
- A Life of Worship7 days on worshipping God with all of life2 of 7 days in Psalms
- Anxiety & Peace7 days of God's peace in worry2 of 7 days in Psalms