Psalm 12 (Solomon)

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The 12th Psalm Solomos is a Psalm Solomos from the pseudepigraphic book of the " Psalms Solomos " of the Old Testament of the Bible .

genus

The psalm is mostly seen as an supplication. In another way, Herman Ludin Jansen describes the psalm as a lament psalm.

structure

The psalm can be structured as follows:

  1. Verses 1-4a: Prayer for protection from the slanderers
  2. Verses 4b-8: May these reap what they deserve, while the godly inherit the promises

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Schüpphaus, Die Psalmen Solomos (1977), 57
  2. ^ Herman Ludin Jansen, The Late Jewish Psalm Poetry (1937), 124
  3. ^ Herbert Edward Ryle, Montague Rhodes James, Psalms of the Pharisees (1891), 102ff

Web links

Wikisource: The Psalm in a translation by Rudolf Kittel  - sources and full texts