Psalm 94

The 94th Psalm (according to Greek counting the 93rd) belongs in the fourth book of Psalms . In terms of its genre, it belongs to the series of lamentations with influences from wisdom poetry.

structure

The Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel suggests the following structure:

Verses 1-7: Folk Lament

Verse 1 f .: introductory "cry for help"

Verses 3–7: Lament against the enemy:

Verse 4: They Triumph

Verse 5: They humble YHWH's people

Verse 6: They put the helpless to death

Verse 7: They do not fear divine judgment

Verses 8-11: Sermon to those who despise God

Verse 8: Introduction

Verses 9-11: Main part of the sermon: There is one who rebukes the nations

Verses 12–15: Consolation for the upright

Verse 12 f .: blessing

Verse 14 f .: certainty

Verses 16–23: lament of an individual

Verse 16: Lament

Verses 17-19: Remembering God's help

Verse 20 f .: lament again

Verse 22 f .: certainty of hearing

Dating

Ferdinand Hitzig bases the psalm on the story of Backides and Alkimos in Book 1 of the Maccabees 7,8 ff. EU . Bernhard Duhm dates the psalm to the time under Alexander Jannäus . Hermann Gunkel sees no scientific value in these dates.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 94 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Psalm 94 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
Psalm 94 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
Free scores of musical settings to Psalm 94 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Gunkel, The Psalms ( ⁶ 1986), 413 f.
↑ Ferdinand Hitzig, The Psalms, historically-critically examined (1835), 156 f.
^ Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 415

[1] Hermann Gunkel, The Psalms ( ⁶ 1986), 413 f.

[2] Ferdinand Hitzig, The Psalms, historically-critically examined (1835), 156 f.

[3] Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 415