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How long does it take to read the book of Psalms?

About 2 hours 50 minutes if you read it silently. Out loud it's about 3 hours 40 minutes, and an audio Bible takes about 4 hours 15 minutes. Psalms has 150 chapters, 2,461 verses and 40,411 words.

Silently
2 hr 50 min
Out loud
3 hr 40 min
Listening
4 hr 15 min

About Psalms

Psalms is Israel's songbook and prayer book, with 150 songs of praise, sorrow, thanks, and trust, many of them written by David.

The 19th of the Bible's 66 books, in the Old Testament (Poetry and Wisdom).

A tip for reading it

The psalms were written to be prayed, so try reading one out loud as your own prayer.

Plan your reading of Psalms

Choose a finish date or the time you have, and get what to read each day.

How will you read it?

Plan by

Finish in

Reading days

Reading Psalms silently takes about 2 hours 50 minutes in all.

Each day

1 min

Reading days

150

You finish

…

That's about a chapter a day, 150 chapters in all.

Your first week

  1. Day 1Psalm 1<1 min
  2. Day 2Psalm 2<1 min
  3. Day 3Psalm 3<1 min
  4. Day 4Psalm 4<1 min
  5. Day 5Psalm 5<1 min
  6. Day 6Psalm 6<1 min
  7. Day 7Psalm 71 min

Chapter by chapter

Reading silently. The longest is Psalm 119 at about 10 minutes; the shortest, Psalm 117, takes under a minute.

  1. Psalm 1<1 min
  2. Psalm 2<1 min
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  7. Psalm 71 min
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  27. Psalm 271 min
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Show all 150 chapters
  1. Psalm 312 min
  2. Psalm 32<1 min
  3. Psalm 331 min
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  5. Psalm 352 min
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  87. Psalm 117<1 min
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  115. Psalm 1451 min
  116. Psalm 146<1 min
  117. Psalm 1471 min
  118. Psalm 148<1 min
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  120. Psalm 150<1 min

Questions about Psalms

How long does it take to read Psalms out loud?

About 3 hours 40 minutes at a comfortable reading-aloud pace. Listening to an audio Bible, it takes about 4 hours 15 minutes.

How many chapters are in Psalms?

Psalms has 150 chapters and 2,461 verses, 40,411 words in the Berean Standard Bible.

Can I read Psalms in one sitting?

You can, but at about 2 hours 50 minutes most people split it up. At one chapter a day you'd finish in 150 days, about 1 minute a day.

What's the longest chapter in Psalms?

Psalm 119, about 10 minutes to read. The shortest is Psalm 117, under a minute.

What is Psalms about?

Psalms is Israel's songbook and prayer book, with 150 songs of praise, sorrow, thanks, and trust, many of them written by David.

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