Psalm 44

The psalm in a psalter book from 1499

The 44th psalm is a psalm of the sons of Korah . It belongs to the series of lamentations of the people.

structure

Usually the psalm is structured as follows:

1. V. 2–9: Review of salvation history.
2. V. 10-23: Description of the present catastrophe.
3. V. 24-27: Final request for an end to the catastrophe through the intervention of YHWH .

interpretation

As the central message of the psalm, Hermann Gunkel elaborates the contrast between past and present. The Jewish suffering in the face of the golden past, all the more with the plight of the current situation.

Individual evidence

1. ^ So by Gianfranco Ravasi : Il libro dei Salmi. Vol. I, Bologna 1981, p. 782, Erich Zenger : Die Psalmen I. Psalm 1-50 Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, p. 271, Peter Craigie: Psalms 1-50. , Waco 1983, p. 332. Cf. Michael Emmendörffer: Der ferne Gott: an investigation of the Old Testament folk laments against the background of Mesopotamian literature. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1998, p. 106.
2. ^ Hermann Gunkel : Die Psalmen , ( ⁶ 1986), p. 186.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 44  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 44 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 44 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 44 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)