It is clear that the 150 individual psalms were written by many different people across a period of a thousand years in Israel's history. They must have been compiled and put together in their present form by some unknown editor shortly after the captivity ended about 537 B.C.
Ni wazi kwamba zaburi 150 za kibinafsi ziliandikwa na watu wengi mbalimbali katika kipindi cha miaka elfu katika historia ya Israeli. Lazima zilikuwa zimekusanywa na kuwekwa pamoja katika hali yao ya sasa na baadhi ya waahariri wasiojulikana muda mfupi baada ya utumwa kuisha karibu 537 kk