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The Rome liturgy adds to this Psalm 119:1 and Machzor Vitry (12th century) adds four (possibly five) other verses beginning with the same word ("Ashrei") (namely Psalms 119:1-2, 84:6, 112:1, and 89:16), and it appears that originally the general practice was to have more introductory verses than the two now used by Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews.
The Hebrew word Selah, possibly an instruction on the reading of the text, breaks the psalm after verses 3, 5 and 8. C. S. Rodd argues that the psalm's structure is unclear, but suggests: Verses 1-5: a prayer for help; Verses 6-7: an expression of confidence in God; Verses 8-11: an appeal against the psalmist's enemies
Several verses from Psalm 51 are regular parts of Jewish liturgy. Verses (in Hebrew) 3, 4, 9, 13, 19, 20, and 21 are said in Selichot. Verses 9, 12, and 19 are said during Tefillat Zakkah prior to the Kol Nidrei service on Yom Kippur eve. Verse 17, "O Lord, open my lips", is recited as a preface to the Amidah in all prayer services
Verses 13-18, possibly set originally in an independent Psalm context, are virtually identical to Psalm 70. This part belongs more in the group of psalms of lament. Matthew Henry divides the psalm into three sections: Confidence for deliverance (verses 1-5) Christ's work of redemption (6-10) A prayer for mercy and grace (11-17). [5]
Submission to God vv. 7–13; Relief and trust. The Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel, in his standard work The Psalms, believes the structuring of the verses was originally: [12] Verses 2–4: Introduction to and emergence of the poem; Verses 5ff: The actual poem; Verses 5–7 and 12: General considerations; Verses 8 and 13c.d: Return to ...
The first section, the shortest, comprises verses 1–3, a "general introduction"; [8] the second, verses 4–9; the third, verses 10–16; the fourth, verses 17–22; the fifth, verses 23–32; the sixth, verses 33–38; and the seventh and final, verses 39–43. An interesting feature of Psalm 107 commonly found in the poetic books of the ...
In Hebrew the first three verses increase numerically: Two parallel phrases of five words each, then six, then seven (hinting at completion in Jewish numerology). [13] The Psalm is a cry for help, [15] and ultimately a declaration of belief in the greatness of God and trust in the protection God provides.
Psalm 145 is an alphabetic acrostic, the initial letter of each verse being the Hebrew alphabet in sequence. For this purpose, the usual Hebrew numbering of verse 1, which begins with the title, "A Psalm of David", is ignored in favor of the non-Hebrew numbering which treats verse 1 as beginning ארוממך (Aromimkha, "I will exalt You").