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The Book of Psalms was gradually collected and originally unnamed, perhaps due to the great variety of material. It came to be known as Sepher Tehillim -- "Book of Praises" -- because almost every psalm contains some note of praise to [[God]]. The [[Septuagint]] uses the Greek word "Psalmoi" (ψαλμοι) as its title for this book, meaning "Poems Sung to the Accompaniment of Musical Instruments." It also calls it the Psalterium ("A Collection of Songs"), and this word is the basis for the term Psalter. The Latin title is Liber Psalmorum, "Book of Psalms."
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