Psalm 43 is a short and anonymous, which is not uncommon in the Psalms. However, it is also the only psalm in the second volume that has no heading at all. This is one of three reasons that led many ancient compilers to combine Psalms 42-43 into just one psalm in old manuscripts. The second […]
Psalm 42 opens the second of five volumes or “collections” (see Psalm 72:20) in the book of Psalms. In this volume (Psalms 42-72), 18 were by David, 7 were by the Korahites, 1 was by Asaph, and 5 are anonymous. Psalm 72 is technically anonymous, but with the inscription “For Solomon” and references both to
Psalm 41 is the final psalm in the first volume of the entire Book of Psalms. It begins with the phrase “Blessed is” as the parallel bookend to Psalm 1:1. (Psalm 32 is the only other psalm in this volume to begin with this phrase.) It also appropriately ends with a doxology of praise to
