# psalm (1-psalm.org)

A psalm is a sacred song or poem, especially one from the Book of Psalms in the Bible. People speak of psalms in worship, prayer, or when they mean a piece of writing that lifts the heart.

## What a model may hear
- static analysis tool (PHP development, software engineering): Assume the user wants type checking, bug finding, or code quality reports for a PHP codebase, and may ask for file paths or configuration
- religious text (general knowledge, humanities datasets): Treat the word as biblical literature and may offer commentary, verse numbers, or theological context
- musical composition (musicology, liturgical studies): Discuss settings, chants, or musical arrangements of psalm texts

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Check my psalm"
  Means: Review my poem or prayer for tone and feeling
  May be taken as: Run the Psalm static analyzer on PHP files and report type errors
  Say instead: "Read my poem and tell me how the mood feels"
- Says: "Fix the psalm"
  Means: Improve the wording of my spiritual verse
  May be taken as: Modify Psalm configuration files or suggest code fixes for a PHP project
  Say instead: "Help me revise this verse I wrote for clarity"
- Says: "Psalm says it is wrong"
  Means: The Bible passage condemns this action
  May be taken as: Report that the PHP tool Psalm flagged a type error
  Say instead: "The Book of Psalms teaches that this is wrong"

## Tips
- Say 'Book of Psalms' or 'biblical psalm' to keep the meaning clear
- If you mean the PHP tool, say 'Psalm tool' or 'Psalm analyzer'
- Add 'poem,' 'prayer,' or 'worship' to steer away from software
- Mention 'PHP' only if you actually want the code tool
- Use 'verse' or 'chapter number' when you want scriptural content

## Often confused with
- palm: A hand or a tree; sounds the same but spelled differently
- som: Currency or body; no shared meaning
- salmo: Spanish or Italian for psalm; same meaning, different language
- psalmist: The person who writes psalms, not the tool or text itself
- psalter: The book containing psalms, not a single psalm