Asaph

Asaph is the Psalm person first named at Psalm 50:1, where the text calls the composition “A melody of Asaph.” His name is recorded in at least 12 verses, all in Psalm, from Psalm 50:1 through Psalm 83:0. The supplied titles variously call pieces a melody of Asaph, a Maskil of Asaph, or a song and melody of Asaph (Psalm 74:1; Psalm 83:0). Some passages bearing his name begin with statements about God: God’s goodness to Israel in Psalm 73:1, and God standing in the congregation and judging in Psalm 82:1.