This book (Psalms)
- Total chapters
- 150 chapters
- Total verses
- 2,461 verses
- Current chapter
- 128 / 150 chapters
- Verses in this chapter
- 6 verses
Verse progress through this chapter89.1%
Entire Bible (from Genesis)
- Current chapter
- 606 / 1,189 chapters
- Total verses
- 31,102 verses
Overall chapter progress51%
Overall verse progress through this chapter51.9%
- Composition
- 66 books (OT 39 · NT 27)
- Total chapters
- 1,189 chapters
Standard 1,189-chapter edition — the mathematical pattern below applies.
Middle chapter
Psalms 117 (2 verses)
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595 of 1,189 chapters (594 before · 594 after)
⏳ 595 = the 34 triangular number → the chapter structure is symmetric like an hourglass.
🔻 As an hourglass is narrowest at the center, this middle chapter is also the shortest chapter in the Bible (2 verses).
1 Lobet den HERRN, alle Heiden; preiset ihn, alle Völker!
2 Denn seine Gnade und Wahrheit waltet über uns in Ewigkeit. Halleluja!
Longest chapterPsalms 119 (176 verses) Go
Shortest chapterPsalms 117 (2 verses) Go
- Composition
- 66 books (OT 39 · NT 27)
- Total verses
- 31,102 verses
Standard 31,102-verse edition — 31,102 = 15,551 + 15,551 symmetry applies.
First verse (1)
Genesis 1:1
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Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde.
Middle verses (15,551 · 15,552)
Psalms 103:1 · Psalms 103:2 Go
1 Ein Psalm Davids. Lobe den HERRN, meine Seele, und was in mir ist, seinen heiligen Namen!
2 Lobe den HERRN, meine Seele, und vergiß nicht, was er dir Gutes getan hat:
Because the total is 31,102 verses (even), the exact center is two verses.
Quarter points — the middle of each half
First-half center: 1 Samuel 21:3 (7,776)
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⬡ 7,776 = 6×6×6×6×6 = 6^5 → the middle of the half lands on a power of 6.
3 Hast du nun etwas unter deiner Hand, ein Brot oder fünf, die gib mir in meine Hand, oder was du findest.
Second-half center: Matthew 7:10 (23,327)
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10 oder, so er ihn bittet um einen Fisch, der ihm eine Schlange biete?
Last verse (31,102)
Revelation 22:21
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Die Gnade unsers HERRN Jesu Christi sei mit euch allen! Amen.