Psalm 151

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apocryphal psalm biblical text deuterocanonical work psalm

Psalm 151 is a short, apocryphal psalm traditionally attributed to King David that appears in the Septuagint and is recognized as canonical in Eastern Orthodox Christianity but not in most Western biblical canons.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Psalm 151 canonical	2
Hebrew Vorlage of Psalm 151	1
Septuagint Psalm 151	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207639 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Psalm 151
Context triple: [Eastern Orthodox canon, includesBook, Psalm 151]

A. Psalm 150
Psalm 150 is the final psalm in the biblical Book of Psalms, a short hymn that calls for exuberant praise of God with music, dance, and a variety of instruments.
B. Psalm 117
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible, consisting of just two verses that call all nations to praise the Lord for His steadfast love and faithfulness.
C. Psalm 119
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, an acrostic psalm that meditates extensively on the beauty, authority, and guidance of God's law.
D. Psalms
Psalms is a biblical book in the Old Testament consisting of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
E. Lamentations
Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Psalm 151
Target entity description: Psalm 151 is a short, apocryphal psalm traditionally attributed to King David that appears in the Septuagint and is recognized as canonical in Eastern Orthodox Christianity but not in most Western biblical canons.

A. Psalm 150
Psalm 150 is the final psalm in the biblical Book of Psalms, a short hymn that calls for exuberant praise of God with music, dance, and a variety of instruments.
B. Psalm 117
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible, consisting of just two verses that call all nations to praise the Lord for His steadfast love and faithfulness.
C. Psalm 119
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, an acrostic psalm that meditates extensively on the beauty, authority, and guidance of God's law.
D. Psalms
Psalms is a biblical book in the Old Testament consisting of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
E. Lamentations
Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apocryphal psalm ⓘ biblical text ⓘ deuterocanonical work ⓘ psalm ⓘ
associatedWith	Book of Psalms ⓘ linked to: Psalms Davidic psalms ⓘ linked to: Psalms
belongsToTradition	Eastern Christian biblical tradition ⓘ Second Temple Jewish psalmic tradition ⓘ
canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxy	canonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInJudaism	non-canonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInProtestantism	non-canonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInRomanCatholicism	non-canonical ⓘ
DeadSeaScrollsDesignation	11Q5 ⓘ 11QPs-a ⓘ
describes	David as the youngest son of Jesse ⓘ
firstKnownTextualWitnessDate	Second Temple period ⓘ linked to: Second Temple Judaism
foundIn	Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ Codex Vaticanus ⓘ Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
genre	hymn ⓘ
includedIn	Orthodox Study Bible ⓘ some modern ecumenical Bible editions as an appendix ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
length	short ⓘ
liturgicalUse	used in some Eastern Orthodox liturgical and devotional contexts ⓘ
mentions	David’s harp playing ⓘ David’s selection by God ⓘ
notRecognizedAsCanonicalBy	Jewish biblical canon ⓘ Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism most Protestant churches ⓘ
numbering	comes after Psalm 150 in the Septuagint Psalter ⓘ
originallyComposedIn	Hebrew ⓘ
partOf	Septuagint ⓘ
recognizedAsCanonicalBy	Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
structure	single short psalm in Greek tradition ⓘ
structureInHebrewWitness	composite of two shorter Hebrew psalms ⓘ
subjectOf	Septuagint scholarship ⓘ canon history research ⓘ textual criticism studies ⓘ
theme	David’s anointing as king ⓘ David’s humility ⓘ David’s victory over Goliath ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo	King David ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Psalm 151 ⓘ

11Q5 → containsTextOf → Psalm 151 ⓘ

11Q5 → relatedTo → Septuagint Psalm 151 ⓘ

linked to: Psalm 151

11Q5 → evidenceFor → Hebrew Vorlage of Psalm 151 ⓘ