This book (Psalms)
- Total chapters
- 150 chapters
- Total verses
- 2,461 verses
- Current chapter
- 46 / 150 chapters
- Verses in this chapter
- 11 verses
Verse progress through this chapter27.9%
Entire Bible (from Genesis)
- Current chapter
- 524 / 1,189 chapters
- Total verses
- 31,102 verses
Overall chapter progress44.1%
Overall verse progress through this chapter47%
- 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 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
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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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Middle verses (15,551 · 15,552)
Psalms 103:1 · Psalms 103:2 Go
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
Second-half center: Matthew 7:10 (23,327)
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10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Last verse (31,102)
Revelation 22:21
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.