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I went through a mini Sunday school course discussing different kinds of Psalms as well as hearing some comments on the divisions. Briefly looking it up online basically gives hypothesis but in summary no one really knows. Chronologically it is out of order; although there seems to be a more heavy Davidic authorship in the first book in particular; with other sections being clustered together of the son of Asaph; the sons of Korah and other individuals.
There are different types of Psalms; such as impreccatory (asking for judgment the most "controversial" type); Messianic and or prophetic; Davidic (as stated earlier); and others with acrostic patterns in the original language such as Psalm 119. One can't entirely confine one type in a particular Psalm either; and a number of them seem to blend together in the original text and somehow are divided in English translations.
As far as any patterns and their meaning; perhaps some further computer analysis; for example could find a predictable pattern as to what the next one should be or find a predictable chronological pattern or patterns that recur. The Bible itself as a whole starts with Job as the likely oldest book; Revelation would be the latest written and happens to be at the end of our Bibles today.
It seems we have more Psalms than say Proverbs from all the ones Solomon was said to have written.
Perhaps the musical aspect is something largely missed; there are some Jews who put them to music even today in some more modern sounding tunes among Messianic Jews especially. We have no idea how it would have sounded except the types of instruments used as mentioned in Psalms such as the cornet trumpet or other stringed instruments of the time. It is interesting that part of Deuteronomy involving the blessings of Moses also were a song. Selah as a term is not very well understood either.
Maybe archaeology will reveal the answers to these questions; until then it is an educated guess.
I went through a mini Sunday school course discussing different kinds of Psalms as well as hearing some comments on the divisions. Briefly looking it up online basically gives hypothesis but in summary no one really knows. Chronologically it is out of order; although there seems to be a more heavy Davidic authorship in the first book in particular; with other sections being clustered together of the son of Asaph; the sons of Korah and other individuals.
There are different types of Psalms; such as impreccatory (asking for judgment the most "controversial" type); Messianic and or prophetic; Davidic (as stated earlier); and others with acrostic patterns in the original language such as Psalm 119. One can't entirely confine one type in a particular Psalm either; and a number of them seem to blend together in the original text and somehow are divided in English translations.
As far as any patterns and their meaning; perhaps some further computer analysis; for example could find a predictable pattern as to what the next one should be or find a predictable chronological pattern or patterns that recur. The Bible itself as a whole starts with Job as the likely oldest book; Revelation would be the latest written and happens to be at the end of our Bibles today.
It seems we have more Psalms than say Proverbs from all the ones Solomon was said to have written.
Perhaps the musical aspect is something largely missed; there are some Jews who put them to music even today in some more modern sounding tunes among Messianic Jews especially. We have no idea how it would have sounded except the types of instruments used as mentioned in Psalms such as the cornet trumpet or other stringed instruments of the time. It is interesting that part of Deuteronomy involving the blessings of Moses also were a song. Selah as a term is not very well understood either.
Maybe archaeology will reveal the answers to these questions; until then it is an educated guess.
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