Psalms resource

David Gullick

I'm reading though Psalms at the moment, just wondering if theres a resouce that roughly dates when each Psalm was written. Would be interesting to see a timeline of David's life with the Psalms that he wrote pinned against it.

Ronald Quick

Good question - I would be interested in this too.

 

Anne C. James

There is a table in the Pulpit Commentary, Psalms Vol. 1, Page vii with the following five Column Headings.  Perhaps this will be helpful in developing a timeline.

·         Psalms of David’s early life.

·         Psalms of the earlier part of his reign.

·         Psalms from the time of his great sin to his flight from Jerusalem.

·         Psalms of the exile.

·         Psalms of the last period of his reign.

The Pulpit Commentary: Psalms Vol. I. 2004 (H. D. M. Spence-Jones, Ed.) (vii). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

 

 

Mark Smith

I have a resource in Logos called "Footsteps through the Bible: A 52 Week Chronological Bible Reading Plan & Study Reference" by Richard M. Gagnon that attempts to do this. He integrates the Psalms in the best chronological order he can along with the other events of Scripture. Anything like this is subject to a great deal of conjecture, but there is this resource if you are interested.

John Brumett

The Reese Chronological Bible by Bethany House Publishers attempts to put the entire Bible in Chronological order.  This tool also has more specific dates for individual Psalms.  More recent Nelson published the Chronological Study Bible but its dates are not as specific as Reese and this resource is not as conservate in its dating as Reese.