Psalm 36
The 36th psalm is a psalm of David from the first book of the psalter .
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The psalm can either be understood as the prayer of a persecuted person who has found refuge in the temple , or it speaks purely figuratively of refuge with God. In it, the prayer praises the goodness of God, with whom he finds himself safe and given. The psalm closes with a plea to God to bestow his righteousness on those who honor him and to protect them from the stalking of the wicked.
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The Vulgate version of verse 10 “ in lumine tuo videbimus lumen ” often serves as a heraldic motto. It is u. a. Columbia University motto .
The refrain and the first stanza of the song Lord, your goodness extends as far as the sky is, is based on verses 6 and 7 of Psalm 36.
Web links
Commons : Psalm 36 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Psalm 36 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
- Psalm 36 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
- Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 36 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 691 f.