Q 01/05

In the King James Version of Psalm 23, what "runneth over"?

A) My cup

B) My heart

C) My joy

D) My soul

Answer · why

A) My cup

My cup: the verse seats the singer at a table laid in front of his enemies, head anointed with oil, and the overflowing cup went on to become an Engli...

Q 02/05

Like the Psalms, which part of the Bible has five books?

A) The Gospels

B) The Torah

C) The Prophets

D) The Proverbs

Answer · why

B) The Torah

The Torah: an old rabbinic saying has Moses giving Israel five books of law and the Psalter answering them with five books of its own.

Q 03/05

Which famous line opens Psalm 23 in the King James Version?

A) Have mercy upon me, O God

B) O give thanks unto the Lord

C) The Lord is my shepherd

D) Bless the Lord, O my soul

Answer · why

C) The Lord is my shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd: the old Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible, translated from Latin, has no shepherd in the line at all and opens "The Lord ruleth me"...

Q 04/05

Which psalm, at 176 verses, is the longest chapter in the entire Bible?

A) 78

B) 89

C) 119

D) 136

Answer · why

C) 119

119: it is an alphabet poem, giving each of the 22 Hebrew letters a stanza whose every verse begins with that letter, which is how it stretches to 176...

Q 05/05

Which two-verse psalm is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

A) 70

B) 117

C) 131

D) 134

Answer · why

B) 117

117: St Benedict's Rule found it too brief to fill a slot at Vespers, so monks sing it joined on to the psalm before it.