Numbering

The organization and numbering of the Psalms differs slightly between the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint manuscripts. The following chart provides a comparison of the two.
     
Masoretic Text   Septuagint

   
1-8              1-8

9                9, part 1

10               9, part 2

11-113           10-112

114              113, part 1

115              113, part 2

116, part 1      114

116, part 2      115

117-146          116-145

147, part 1      146

147, part 2      147

148-150          148-150

   
In addition to the 150, most of the Septuagint manuscripts also include a Psalm 151. A Hebrew version of this song was found in the Psalm Scroll of the Dead Sea Scrolls. For the purposes of this book we will confine ourselves to the 150 psalms that appear in both the Masoretic and Septuagint texts.
     
The choice of numbering for the psalms differ within Christian traditions. For the purposes of this book we will primarily reference each psalm using the Masoretic (Hebrew) numbering, which is also the numbering method used in the Protestant translations of the Bible.