Talk:Psalm 138

"generally known by its first verse"

User:Gerda Arendt, are Psalms really generally known in English by their first verse? I'm seeing this on a lot of Psalm articles, but I'm having trouble understanding where this comes from. I'd flag it as unsourced, but since you've clearly done quite a bit on the Psalms, I thought I'd hold off and see what you think. Alephb (talk) 05:24, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alephb, how would you word that the number alone says nothing about a psalm? Many will know "The Lord is my Shepherd" but will not know any number. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
We could say "Psalm 23, in the KJV "The Lord is my Shephers", is ...", but for some psalms that would be quite long, and for others the first verse would begin "A Psalm of David" which again doesn't identify a specific one, see Sing a new song unto the Lord which could be 3. Any first line alone is not enough but the combination of number and some text should do. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"in English" is meant to imply "in German as Der Herr ist mein Hirte" ..., - that these songs are used in many many languages, - how to say that? - I'll copy the discusion to [[Talk:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement|the project page]], for more eyes. Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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