It is believed that Ezra, a priest and “a skilled copyist, ” was later responsible for compiling the entire book of Psalms into its final form. So it follows that the book of Psalms was made up of individual psalms when it was compiled.
( १ इतिहास १५: १६ - २४) असे मानले जाते, की याजक व “पारंगत शास्त्री ” असलेला एज्रा, स्तोत्रसंहिता या पुस्तकाचे सध्या असलेल्या रूपात संकलन करण्यास जबाबदार होता.