The Book of Psalms is part of the Hebrew Bible
or Tanah, and it is also in the Old Testament of the Christian
translations. People traditionally believe that many of the Psalms in
the Bible were written by King David to God. Perhaps the most famous one
is Psalm 23, which starts "The LORD is my shepherd". Psalm 23 is often
used for funerals. There are 150 Psalms in the Biblical canon of Jews,
Protestants, and Catholics, but there are also more poems that these
religions do not think are holy. Psalm 151 is part of canon of the
Eastern Orthodox Church.