And how were the Psalms used by God's people in the Old Testament? The Psalms are collections of the writings of several different authors. However, there is general consensus in conservatives circles that King David of Israel was the major source and collector of the Psalms. I also learned that Moses gave Israel the five books of the Torah, and correspondingly David gave the five books of the Psalms. Learning that The Psalms are divided into five major section: Psalms 1-41 (Book 1) Psalms 42-71 (Book 2) Psalms 73-89 (Book 3) Psalms 90-106 (Book 4) and Psalms 107-150 (Book 5). Here I found that David is listed in the superscription of 73 psalms, hwever this does not necessarily mean that David wrote all of them, as the designation may mean
