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    The document discusses the structure of the Psalms, which is divided into 5 books that parallel the 5 books of Moses. Each book deals with a different subject - man, Israel as a nation, the sanctuary, Israel and other nations, and God and His word. Each book concludes with a blessing, double amen or hallelujah. The structure highlights how all blessings come from obedience to God's word.

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    The document discusses the structure of the Psalms, which is divided into 5 books that parallel the 5 books of Moses. Each book deals with a different subject - man, Israel as a nation, the sanctuary, Israel and other nations, and God and His word. Each book concludes with a blessing, double amen or hallelujah. The structure highlights how all blessings come from obedience to God's word.

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    תהלים Tehillim

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    The document discusses the structure of the Psalms and how they correspond to the five books of Moses.

    The five books of Psalms are said to correspond to Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Each book of Psalms deals with themes relating to the corresponding book of Moses.

    The Psalms are structured into five books, with each book concluding with a blessing and sometimes additional phrases like 'amen'. The books generally move from themes about man, Israel, the sanctuary, nations and the earth, and finally God and His word.

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    ‫ירושלמי מס' סופרים‬


    ‫)קאפיטעל )פרק‬ Standard
    ‫מדרש תהלים‬
    #1, #2 Counted as two Counted as one
    71st

    ‫תה‬ ‫כלו תפלות דוד‬ 72nd (70 years of King


    Dovid)
    #114, #115 Counted as two Counted as one
    ‫לי ם‬

    #116, #117 Counted as two Counted as one


    When doing the Will
    When not fully of G-d
    Reason doing the Will
    of G-d Time of King Dovid
    and of Moshiach
    Total 150 147

    Based on Lekutai Sichos Volume 10, ‫תולדות‬note 31 and addendum

    Custom to say one’s chapter by the year one now lives. For example, in the first
    year of one’s life the chapter is #1, the 11st chapter is read beginning with the
    day of one’s 10th birthday, 71st chapter begins upon 70th birthday.
    Dovid HaMelech lived 70 years

    ‫ אשרי האיש )קאפ' א( ולמה רגשו גוים )קאפ' ב( חדא פרשה היא‬:‫בבלי ברכות ט‬
    In the days of Dovid HaMelech the concepts of chapters one and two were one unit

    ‫ נראה לי‬Possibly, days where “half-Hallel” are said (days related to Galus), we skip
    sections of Psalm 115 and 116 to remind us of the above

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    THE PSALMS
    THE STRUCTURE
    The Five Books
    A1} Psalms 1 - 41. THE GENESIS BOOK: CONCERNING MAN. The
    counsels of G-d concerning him. All blessing bound up in obedience (cp.1:1 with
    Gen. 1:28). Obedience is man's "tree of life" (cp. 1:3 with Gen. 2:16).
    Disobedience brought ruin (cp. Ps. 2 with Gen. 3). The book concludes with a
    Benediction and double Amen.

    B1} Psalms 42 - 72. THE EXODUS BOOK: CONCERNING ISRAEL AS


    A NATION. The counsels of G-d concerning Israel's Ruin, Israel's Redeemer, and
    Israel's Redemption (Ex. 15:13). It begins with Israel's cry for deliverance, and
    ends with Israel's king reigning over the redeemed nation. The book concludes
    with a Benediction and a double Amen.
    C1} Psalms 73 - 89. THE LEVITICUS BOOK: CONCERNING THE
    SANCTUARY. The counsels of G-d concerning the Sanctuary in its relation to
    man, and the Sanctuary in relation to G-d. The Sanctuary, Congregation,
    Assembly, or Zion, etc., referred to in nearly every Psalm. The book concludes
    with a Benediction and a double Amen.
    B2} Psalms 90 - 106. THE NUMBERS BOOK: CONCURRING ISRAEL
    AND THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. The counsels of G-d concerning the
    Earth, showing that there is no hope or rest for the Earth apart from G-d. Its figures
    and similes are from the world as a wilderness (cp. the references to mountains,
    hills, floods, grass, trees, pestilence, &c.). It begins with the prayer of Moses (the
    Man of the Wilderness), Ps 90, and closes with a rehearsal of Israel's rebellions in
    the wilderness (Ps. 106). Where the theme is contained in one sentence which
    gives an Acrostic, spelling G-d’s name: "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth
    be glad". The book concludes with a Benediction and Amen, Hallelukah.
    A2} Psalms 107 - 150. THE DEUTERONOMY BOOK: CONCERNING G-D
    AND HIS WORD. The counsels of G-d concerning His Word. showing that all
    blessings for Man (Book 1), all blessings for Israel (Book 2), all blessings for the
    Earth and the Nation (Book 4), are bound up with living on the words of G-d (Deut.
    8:3). Disobedience to G-d's words was the source of Man's sorrows, Israel's
    dispersion, the Sanctuary's ruin, and Earth's miseries. Blessing is to come from that
    Word written on the heart (cp. Jer. 31:33,34). Ps. 119 is in this book. The book
    begins with Ps. 107, and it concludes with five Psalms (one for each of the five
    books), each Psalm beginning and ending with "Hallelukah".

    The Midrash on Ps 1:1 says "Moses gave to the Israelites the five books of the
    Law; and corresponding with these David gave them the five books of the Psalms."

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    The similar endings to each book are noted above. There are in all seven "Amens",
    and twenty-four Hallelukahs. All the latter (except the four in Book 4) are in book
    5.

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