The Book of Psalms is an ancient anthology of poetic prayers originally written in Hebrew.
It is the first book of the third and final section of the Hebrew Bible, known as Ketuvim (Writings).
The English term title derives from the Greek psalmos, meaning “song accompanied by a stringed instrument.”
In Hebrew, the book is known as Tehillim (tehillah in the singular) or “songs of praise,”
a title that emerged as the preferred Jewish name for the collection during the first centuries of the Common Era (CE).