Psalm 49
The 49th psalm is a psalm of the sons of Korah . It is to be classified in the series of wisdom psalms.
structure
The psalm can be divided as follows:
- Verses 2–5: The deeply moved poet has something to proclaim to mankind
- Verses 6–20: His execution: On the fate of the rich and the uselessness of wealth
- Verse 7 f .: Addressing his students
- Verses 8-10: Earthly goods do not protect against death
- Verse 11 f .: Death makes the rich poor
- 13-16: The man who is looking forward to the gold, forgets that he also in the underworld must
- Verse 17: Exhortation of the listeners
- Verses 18-20: Summary
interpretation
The core message of the Psalm is not that prosperity is inherently bad, but that prosperity is put in place of God.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Gunkel: Die Psalmen ( 6 1986), ISBN 3-525-51653-3 , p. 209.
- ↑ James Luther Mays: Psalms , p. 191 f.
Web links
- Psalm 49 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
- Psalm 49 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
- Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 49 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
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