Editing Psalms (section)

===Origins===
[[File:Paris psaulter gr139 fol1v.jpg|thumb|[[David]] composing the Psalms, [[Paris Psalter]], 10th century<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Caqa12aj55wC |title=The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261 |date=5 March 1997 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-87099-777-8 |editor1=Helen C. Evans |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Caqa12aj55wC/page/n114 86] |access-date=5 March 2018 |editor2=William W. Wixom |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>]]
The composition of the psalms spans at least five centuries, from the 10th-century [[Psalm 29]] to others clearly from the [[Second Temple period|post-Exilic period]] (i.e., not earlier than the 5th century&nbsp;BCE). The majority originated in the southern [[kingdom of Judah]] and were associated with the [[Temple in Jerusalem]], where they probably functioned as [[libretto]]s during Temple [[worship]]. Exactly how they did so was unclear, but there are indications in some of them: "Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar"<ref>{{bibleverse|Psalms|118:27|HE}}</ref> suggests a connection with sacrifices, and "Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense"<ref>{{bibleverse|Psalms|141:2|HE}}</ref> suggests a connection with the offering of incense.{{sfn|Kselman|2007|p=775}}

According to [[Jewish tradition]], the Book of Psalms was composed by the First Man ([[Adam]]), [[Melchizedek]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], [[David]], [[Solomon]], [[Heman the Ezrahite|Heman]], [[Jeduthun]], [[Psalms of Asaph|Asaph]], and the three [[Korahites|sons of Korah]].<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] (''[[Baba Bathra]]'' 14b–15a)</ref>{{sfn|Simon|1982|pp=237–243}} According to [[Abraham ibn Ezra]], the final redaction of the book was made by the [[Men of the Great Assembly]].{{sfn|Simon|1982|p=162}}