# Psalms Bible quiz

Ten questions on the book of Psalms, each answered with the verse that settles it, quoted from the Lumin Translation. Play it at https://www.lumin.faith/bible-quiz/psalms.

## 1. Psalm 23 begins, “Yahweh is my…”

- **shepherd** (answer)
- fortress
- light

> Yahweh is my shepherd; I lack nothing. ([Psalm 23:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/23#1))

## 2. In Psalm 1, the person who delights in God’s law is like what?

- **A tree planted by channels of water** (answer)
- A lamp on a stand
- A rock in the desert

> Such a person is like a tree planted by channels of water, which bears its fruit when its season comes and whose leaf does not wither; in everything they do, they succeed. ([Psalm 1:3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/1#3))

## 3. Which psalm begins with the words Jesus cried on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

- Psalm 23
- Psalm 51
- **Psalm 22** (answer)

> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You are far from rescuing me, far from the words of my roaring. ([Psalm 22:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/22#1))

## 4. In Psalm 51, David prays, “God, create a clean ___ for me.” What is the missing word?

- path
- home
- **heart** (answer)

> God, create a clean heart for me, and renew a steadfast spirit inside me. ([Psalm 51:10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/51#10))

## 5. Psalm 46 says, “Be still, and know that I am…”

- near
- **God** (answer)
- king

> Be still, and know that I am God. I will be lifted high among the nations; I will be lifted high on the earth. ([Psalm 46:10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/46#10))

## 6. Psalm 90 says a thousand years in God’s sight are like what?

- A single breath
- **Yesterday once it has gone by** (answer)
- A flash of lightning

> For in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday once it has gone by, like one watch of the night. ([Psalm 90:4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/90#4))

## 7. Psalm 119 calls God’s word a lamp to what?

- **My feet** (answer)
- The nations
- My house

> Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. ([Psalm 119:105](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/119#105))

## 8. Psalm 121 begins, “I raise my eyes toward the…”

- heavens
- temple
- **mountains** (answer)

> I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? ([Psalm 121:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/121#1))

## 9. By the rivers of which city did the exiles sit and weep in Psalm 137?

- Damascus
- **Babylon** (answer)
- Egypt

> By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. ([Psalm 137:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/137#1))

## 10. How does the book of Psalms end? “Let everything that has breath…”

- **“praise Yah!”** (answer)
- “bow down!”
- “be still!”

> Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Hallelujah! ([Psalm 150:6](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/150#6))