Korach psalm

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A corach psalm is a psalm from the biblical book of psalms . The authors named are the sons of Korach who, according to chronicles ( 1 Chr 6  EU ), ( 1 Chr 9  EU ), ( 1 Chr 12  EU ), ( 1 Chr 16  EU ), were gatekeepers and musicians at the temple at the time of David . The chronicle describes the singers as Levites and is probably interested in organizing and historizing the singers using older texts as a basis. The Book of Samuel , to which the Chronicle often refers, does not know any Levitical singers. Rather, it is the women and David himself who are associated with the subject of singing. ( 1 Sam 18,6-7  EU ), ( 1 Sam 21,12  EU ), ( 1 Sam 2  EU ), ( 2 Sam 1  EU ), ( 2 Sam 22  EU ), ( 2 Sam 23  EU ), ( 1 Sam 19.36  EU ) In the Psalms the "Korachites" ("Sons of Korach") are only mentioned in summary form. The Korach psalms include Psalms 42 (-43), 44-49, 84-85 and 87-88 and, along with the David and Asaf psalms, represent one of the most important groups in the Psalter. The information is in Hebrew לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח lә'beney ḳoraḥ , German for / to the sons of Korach '. However, the correctness of these authors must be questioned critically. Basically, three possible scenarios are conceivable here: either the authorship is correct, there is a Korachitic editing of the text or the psalms have been assigned to the corresponding people afterwards.

Collection and structure

The following prescripts can be assigned to the Korach psalms:

  • Psalm 42 : A Korachite Instruction to Sing.
  • Psalm 44 : A Korachite Instruction to Sing.
  • Psalm 45 : An instruction of the Korachites to sing in the manner of "lilies", a bride's song.
  • Psalm 46 : A Korachite song to be sung in the manner of "Young Women".
  • Psalm 47 : A Korachite psalm to be sung.
  • Psalm 48 : A Korachite psalm song.
  • Psalm 49 : A Korachite psalm to be sung in the manner of "youth".
  • Psalm 84 : A Korachite psalm to be sung on the Gittit.
  • Psalm 85 : A Korachite psalm to be sung.
  • Psalm 87 : A Korachite psalm song.
  • Psalm 88 : A psalm song of the Korachites, to be sung, alternating with the round dance, an instruction of Heman the Esrachite.

The translations of the prescripts are based on the information in the Luther Bible 2017

Theological profile

The Korach psalms are shaped by a Zion and pre-exilic temple theology. According to Joachim Schaper , they also describe in their entirety the path of the pilgrims to the Jerusalem sanctuary, first using the perspective of the individual (Ps 42 / Ps 43), then of the people (Ps 44; Ps 85), the king (Ps 45), and then via Zion (Ps 46; Ps 48; Ps 84; Ps 87) to return to the perspective of the individual (Ps 88).

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