Psalms: Author and Context Index

Psalms Author and Context Index
Note: The person referenced at the beginning of these Psalms may or may not be the author.

Person	Book 1 (1-41)	Book 2 (42-72)	Book 3 (73-89)	Book 4 (90-106)	Book5 (107-150)
David (75)	1-41 (all except 1, 2, 10, 33)	51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72	86, 89	101, 103	108, 109, 110, 122, 124, 131, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145
Asaph (12)		50	73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83
The Sons of Korah (11)		42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49	84, 85, 87, 88
Anonymous (49)	1, 2, 10, 33	43, 66, 67, 71		91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 104, 105, 106	107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Miscellaneous (6)	39- Jeduthun	62- Jeduthun	77- Jeduthun 89- Ethan	90- Moses	127- Solomon

Psalms with Some Historical Context
When David fled Absalom- 3 (2 Samuel 15:14)
Concerning Cush the Benajamite- 7 (no other reference to Cush the Benjamite in the OT)
When David was delivered from Saul- 18 (several instances in 1 Samuel)
When David feigned madness before Abimelech- 34 (1 Samuel 21:13)
When David was rebuked by Nathan for the Bathsheba incident- 51 (2 Samuel 12:1)
When Doeg the Edomite betrayed David to Saul- 52 (1 Samuel 22:9)
When the Ziphites betrayed David to Saul- 54 (1 Samuel 23:19)
When the Philistines seized David at Gath- 56 (1 Samuel 21:12)
When David fled from Saul in a cave- 57 (two possibilities: 1 Samuel 22:1, 24:3)
When Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him- 59 (1 Samuel 19:11)
When David killed Edomites in the Valley of Salt.- 60 (2 Samuel 8:13, cf. 1 Chronicles 18:12)
When David was in the wilderness of Judah- 63 (perhaps 1 Samuel 23:14)
When David was in a cave- 142 (1 Samuel 24:3)
Post-Exilic Psalms- 74, 79, 106, 126, 137