Saturday, February 07, 2026

Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs

 May be an image of text that says 'PSALMS ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75 1 [For the end, among the Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian.] 2 God is Είς τό τέλος, έν ั ψαλμός โผ๊ 'Ασάφ, ώδή πρός τόν Ασσύριον. 2 2ΓΝΩΣΤΟΣ έν έντή បី'

In the Septuagint, the psalms can often be classified by the description given to them in the headings above the psalm. This particular psalm, 75 (76 in most English Bibles), has a heading containing all three classes of "psalm", "hymn", and "song".

Most English Bibles are based on the Hebrew text rather than the Septuagint text, so you won't see this except in Septuagint-based English Bibles, like Brenton's.

Some believe that the phrase "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs" was a Jewish idiom referring to the Book of Psalms via these classes found in the headings.

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