This book (Psalms)
- Total chapters
- 150 chapters
- Total verses
- 2,461 verses
- Current chapter
- 125 / 150 chapters
- Verses in this chapter
- 5 verses
Verse progress through this chapter88.4%
Entire Bible (from Genesis)
- Current chapter
- 603 / 1,189 chapters
- Total verses
- 31,102 verses
Overall chapter progress50.7%
Overall verse progress through this chapter51.8%
- 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 너희 모든 나라들아 여호와를 찬양하며 너희 모든 백성들아 저를 칭송할찌어다
2 우리에게 향하신 여호와의 인자하심이 크고 진실하심이 영원함이로다 할렐루야
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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태초에 하나님이 천지를 창조하시니라
Middle verses (15,551 · 15,552)
Psalms 103:2 · Psalms 103:3 Go
2 내 영혼아 여호와를 송축하며 그 모든 은택을 잊지 말찌어다
3 저가 네 모든 죄악을 사하시며 네 모든 병을 고치시며
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 이제 당신의 수중에 무엇이 있나이까 떡 다섯 덩이나 무엇이든지 있는대로 내 손에 주소서
Second-half center: Matthew 7:10 (23,327)
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10 생선을 달라 하면 뱀을 줄 사람이 있겠느냐
Last verse (31,102)
Revelation 22:21
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주 예수의 은혜가 모든 자들에게 있을찌어다 아멘
