S\u00e1lmasafni\u00f0, sem gjarnan er kennt vi\u00f0 Dav\u00ed\u00f0 konung, hefur or\u00f0i\u00f0 til \u00e1 l\u00f6ngum t\u00edma og margir h\u00f6fundar hafa lagt \u00fear h\u00f6nd \u00e1 pl\u00f3ginn. S\u00e1lmarnir eru mj\u00f6g fj\u00f6lbreytilegir a\u00f0 ger\u00f0. Mest fer fyrir harms\u00e1lmum en lofgj\u00f6r\u00f0arlj\u00f3\u00f0 eru einnig fyrirfer\u00f0armikil. \u00dear er og a\u00f0 finna \u00fdmsar a\u00f0rar ger\u00f0ir s\u00e1lma, svo sem spekilj\u00f3\u00f0, konungss\u00e1lma og \u00feakkarlj\u00f3\u00f0. S\u00e1lmarnir eru \u00fdmist einstaklingss\u00e1lmar e\u00f0a s\u00e1lmar safna\u00f0ar.
\nOr\u00f0alag \u00feeirra er yfirleitt almennara en svo a\u00f0 \u00feeir ver\u00f0i raktir til \u00e1kve\u00f0inna s\u00f6gulegra atbur\u00f0a. \u00de\u00f3 eru vissir s\u00e1lmar sem greina fr\u00e1 kunnum atbur\u00f0um \u00far s\u00f6gu \u00cdsraels og fer \u00fear mest fyrir stefinu um frelsun \u00far \u00e1nau\u00f0 \u00ed Egyptalandi annars vegar og landn\u00e1minu \u00ed Kanaanslandi hins vegar.
\n\u00cd fyrri hluta s\u00e1lmasafnsins kve\u00f0ur mest a\u00f0 harms\u00e1lmum en \u00ed ni\u00f0urlagi safnsins eru lofgj\u00f6r\u00f0ars\u00e1lmar r\u00edkjandi. S\u00e1lmunum hefur sm\u00e1m saman veri\u00f0 safna\u00f0 saman og \u00feeir a\u00f0 lokum or\u00f0i\u00f0 hluti af Ritningunni.
\nNafni\u00f0 Saltari, sem oft er haft um \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00edslensku, \u00e1 r\u00e6tur a\u00f0 rekja til gr\u00edska or\u00f0sins psalterion sem upphaflega merkti strengjahlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri en s\u00ed\u00f0ar s\u00e1lmasafn.
\nHi\u00f0 hebreska kve\u00f0skaparform er ger\u00f3l\u00edkt hef\u00f0bundnum vestr\u00e6num kve\u00f0skap og fer mest fyrir svok\u00f6llu\u00f0u hugsanar\u00edmi \u00fear sem sama hugsun er tj\u00e1\u00f0 me\u00f0 mismunandi or\u00f0alagi \u00ed tveimur hli\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0um lj\u00f3\u00f0l\u00ednum. N\u00fdja testamenti\u00f0 vitnar ekki jafnoft \u00ed neitt rita Gamla testamentisins og S\u00e1lmana. \u00deeir voru nota\u00f0ir af Jes\u00fa og nutu fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0 mikilla vins\u00e6lda innan kristninnar. \u00c1hrif \u00feeirra eru \u00f3m\u00e6ld. \u00deekktasti s\u00e1lmurinn og einn \u00feekktasti texti Gamla testamentisins er 23. s\u00e1lmur, \u201eDrottinn er minn hir\u00f0ir\u201c.<\/p>\n
Skipting ritsins<\/strong><\/p>\n S\u00e1lmunum 150 er skipt ni\u00f0ur \u00ed fimm b\u00e6kur, hugsanlega me\u00f0 M\u00f3seb\u00e6kurnar fimm sem fyrirmynd.<\/p>\n Fyrsta b\u00f3k: 1\u201341
\n\u00d6nnur b\u00f3k: 42\u201372
\n\u00deri\u00f0ja b\u00f3k: 73\u201389
\nFj\u00f3r\u00f0a b\u00f3k: 90\u2013106
\nFimmta b\u00f3k: 107\u2013150<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"