Psalm 98

The 98th psalm (according to Greek counting the 97th) is a psalm from the fourth book of psalms . It belongs to the genre " eschatological hymn", whereby motifs from the genre "YHWH's accession to the throne" can also be found. The incipit "Cantate" gives the Sunday cantata of Easter time its name.

structure

The Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel suggests the following structure:

1. Verses 1-3: Part 1
   1. Verse 1a: Hymnic introduction: invitation to YHWH's price
   2. Verse 1b-3: Main section: Description of YHWH's miracles. The solitude of his actions and the focus on Israel are emphasized
2. Verses 4-9: part 2
   1. Verses 4-8: Extended hymn introduction
   2. Verse 9: main part

Remarks

Verses 1 - 3

Jörg Jeremias emphasizes the strong relationship between the verses and Deutero-Isaiah . Here he finds formulations that are actually characteristic of the prophet in exile. So found z. B. the phrase "sing a new song to the Lord" (שירו ליהוה שיר חדש) exactly identical in the Deutero-Isaiah words Isa 42,10  EU or "His holy arm" (verse 1) in Isa 52,10  EU .

Verses 4-6

The tone of jubilation (הריעו - "to cheer") that occurs in these verses, supported by the addition of musical instruments ( zither , trumpets and trumpets ), has a strong influence on the psalm. The occurrence of musical instruments is not atypical for the genre of hymns.

Church music reception

The second half of verse 3 serves as the basis for the Gregorian gradual Viderunt omnes , which was set to music by composers of the early medieval Notre Dame school .

The 98th Psalm forms the basis for the song Singt, singt den Herren new songs by Matthias Jorissen from 1798, the song Singet dem Herrn a new song from 1963 and the song Singt Gott, our Lord by Renate Schiller from the Year 1988.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 98  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 98 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 98 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 98 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 427
2. ↑ Jörg Jeremias, The Kingship of God in the Psalms (1987), 133
3. ↑ Jörg Jeremias, The Kingship of God in the Psalms (1987), 136