Psalm 103

Psalm 103 ( Luttrell Psalter )

The 103rd Psalm (according to Greek counting the 102nd) is a Psalm of David and belongs to the series of individual hymns .

structure

The psalm can be structured as follows:

1. Verse 1f .: Introduction: Addressing the poet to his own soul
2. Verses 3–5: First main part of the hymn: Praising YHWH's grace
3. Verses 6–22: Longer hymn with a relatively general content
   1. Verses 6-13: Act again of YHWH's grace
   2. Verses 14-16: Memory of prehistory ( Gen 2.7  EU ) about the common origin of people from dust
   3. Verses 19-22: Rejoice over the YHWH
   4. Verses 20–22: Calls to praise YHWH

criticism

The Old Testament scholar Bernhard Duhm sees the psalm as a “ compilation of all sorts of beautiful sentences from a fairly extensive reading ”.

Church music reception

The song “ Now lob, mein Seel, den Herren ” by Johann Gramann is a copy of the 103rd Psalm. The songs “Sing to the Lord and praise him”, “Praise the Lord, my soul” and “Don't forget to thank the Eternal Lord ”are based on Psalm 103.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 103  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 103 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 103 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 103 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Gunkel, The Psalms ( ⁶ 1986), 442f.
2. ^ Bernhard Duhm, Psalmen ( ² 1922), 371