This book (Psalms)
- Total chapters
- 150 chapters
- Total verses
- 2,459 verses
- Current chapter
- 1 / 150 chapters
- Verses in this chapter
- 6 verses
Verse progress through this chapter0.2%
Entire Bible (from Genesis)
- Current chapter
- 479 / 1,189 chapters
- Total verses
- 31,090 verses
Overall chapter progress40.3%
Overall verse progress through this chapter44.9%
- 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 All nations, praise ye the Lord: all ye people, praise him.
2 For his louing kindnes is great toward vs, and the trueth of the Lord endureth for euer. Praise yee the Lord.
Longest chapterPsalms 119 (176 verses) Go
Shortest chapterPsalms 117 (2 verses) Go
- Composition
- 66 books (OT 39 · NT 27)
- Total verses
- 31,090 verses
This edition has 31,090 verses, differing from the standard 31,102, so the "31,102 = 15,551×2 symmetry" pattern does not apply. The actual positions for this edition are shown below.
First verse (1)
Genesis 1:1
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In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.
Middle verses (15,545 · 15,546)
Psalms 102:27 · Psalms 102:28 Go
27 But thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not fayle.
28 The children of thy seruants shall continue, and their seede shall stand fast in thy sight.
Because the total is 31,090 verses (even), the exact center is two verses.
Quarter points — the middle of each half
First-half center: 1 Samuel 20:42 (7,773)
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42 Therefore Ionathan said to Dauid, Goe in peace: that which we haue sworne both of vs in the Name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be betweene me and thee, and betweene my seede and betweene thy seede, let it stand for euer.
Second-half center: Matthew 7:9 (23,318)
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9 For what man is there among you, which if his sonne aske him bread, woulde giue him a stone?
Last verse (31,090)
Revelation 22:21
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The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all, AMEN.