The Book of Psalms

The Book of Psalms outlined and explained with animation

The Book of Psalms (Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים‎ or תהילים, Tehillim, "praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament.^[1] 

The title is derived from the Greek translation, ψαλμοί psalmoi, meaning "instrumental music" and, by extension, "the words accompanying the music."^[2] The book is an anthology of individual psalms, with 150 in the Jewish and Western Christian tradition and more in the Eastern Christian churches.^[3][4] Many of the psalms are linked to the name of King David, although his authorship is not accepted by modern Bible scholars.^[4]