Psalms.

Seventy-three psalms are inscribed with David’s name, twelve with that of Asaph the singer; eleven go under the name of the Sons of Korah, a family of singers; one (i.e. Ps. xc.) is attributed to Moses. The whole compilation is divided into five books: bk. 1, from i. to xli.; bk. 2, from xlii. to lxxii.; bk. 3, from lxxiii. to lxxxix.; bk. 4, from xc. to cvi.; bk. 5, from cvii. to cl.

previous entry · index · next entry

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Prout
Province
Provincial
Prudent Tree (The)
Prudhomme
Prunello
Prussia
Prussian Blue
Prussic Acid
Psalm cv. 28
Psalms
Psalmist
Psalter of Tara (The)
Psaphon’s Birds (Psaphonis aves)
Psycarpax [granary thief]
Psyche [Syke]
Psychography
Ptolemaic System
Public
Public-house Signs
Publicans of the New Testament