Psalms, represented Israelite worship, both on the personal and on the community level . In it were placed poems expressing the full range of Israelite feelings, from their most violent expressions of hatred to their most joyous sense of praise for God’s blessings (Tullock, J. 2012). The poems cover a wide span of years (Tullock, J. 2012). They were brought together in their present arrangement in the post-Exilic period (Tullock, J. 2012).
In reality, the book of Psalms was more like a modern church hymnal in that it was a collection of songs that came into existence over a long span of time (Tullock, J. 2012). A church hymnal today may have hymns whose words date back to the early Christian centuries, while at the same time having hymns that