Who Wrote The Book Of Psalms And When Was It Written. In fact, david only wrote about half of the psalms—73 out of all 150, to be precise (though the latin vulgate and septuagint credit a. The book of psalms was written by both the holy spirit and multiple human authors.
The earliest known psalm ever written is psalm 90, moses' prayer, which compares man's frailty with god's eternity. In fact, david only wrote about half of the psalms—73 out of all 150, to be precise (though the latin vulgate and septuagint credit a. You have covered me in my mother's womb.
Some of the psalms are anonymous.
It is an unusual book because it was written by so many human authors as indicated in the chart below. The book of psalms was written by both the holy spirit and multiple human authors. David did write the majority of the psalms, nearly one half of them, but there are several other writers who have written some of the psalms. The psalms are closely related to king david for many reasons.