Psalm 123

The 123rd Psalm (according to Greek counting the 122nd) is a psalm from the fifth book of the Psalms and belongs to the series of pilgrimage songs with influences from the genre of lamentations of an individual .

structure

The psalm could be structured in the following way:

1. Verse 1f: part 1
   1. Verse 1: Beginning of the individual's prayer and description
   2. Verse 2: Representation of looking to God based on the relationship of the servant to the master
2. Verse 3f: part 2
   1. Verse 3a: ask for mercy
   2. Verse 3bf: complaint against oppressors

Remarks

In the psalm there is a change from “I” (verse 1) to “we” (verses 2-4). This “I” can either be equated with the “we” or under the “I” one has to imagine a cantor.

Dating

Justus Olshausen generally dates the psalm to a time of need. Here one could think of the time of Syrian oppression or simply of the situation of a community in the midst of dispersion.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 123  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 123 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 123 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Public domain sheet music of settings for Psalm 123 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 544
2. ^ Sigmund Mowinckel, Psalmenstudien I: 'Awan and the individual lament psalms (1921), 164
3. ^ Justus Olshausen, The Psalms (1853), 455