Psalms [Praises]
Tehillim [Praises]
Context: These are written by real people with real experiences. Some writing in the moment, reflecting on experiences, meditating on attributes of God, or on their relationship with Yah. From the heights to the depths of human experience, that of personal choices, social relations, and national events. There are five books, the first two are written by David, a total of seventy-five Psalms are credited to King David; the other three books are collections from multiple writers.

BOOK 1

Context: Israel [God prevails] separates the mixed multitude after reading Torah scroll. (Neh 13:1-3)

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stand on the path of sinners,

nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

2 but his delight is in Adonai ’s Torah ·Teaching·.

On his torot ·teachings· he meditates day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

that produces its fruit in its season,

whose leaf also does not wither.

Whatever he does shall prosper.

4 The wicked are not so,

but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the upright.

6 For Adonai knows the way of the upright,

but the way of the wicked shall perish.