the psalms but also was responsible for the whole collection. “David wrote the book of Psalms including in it the work of the elders, namely, Adam, Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Heman, Yeduthun, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah” (Baba Batra 14b). In other words, David collected the psalms written by these ten elders as well as his own compositions. “According to this view therefore, there were no psalms composed after the time of David. All of the psalms were written either by the ten elders, or