Psalm 54
The 54th psalm is a psalm of David and belongs in the series of " Lamentations of an Individual".
structure
The psalm can be structured as follows:
- Verse 3f: request and wish
- Verse 5: Lament
- Verse 6: expression of trust
- Verse 7: desire
- Verse 8f: Vows and thanksgiving song
The second verse is part of the heading.
Remarks
Verse 2
David is pursued by King Saul and hides in the Sif desert. The second verse probably refers to 1 Sam 23.19 EU . There it says:
- But the Sifites went up to Saul in Gibeah and said, Isn't David hiding with us on the mountain fortresses, in Horesha, on the hill of Hachila, which is south of Yeshimon?
Verse 3
Similar to Psalm 20 , what is striking about this psalm is the effectiveness that the psalmist ascribes to the name of God , so that he hopes for salvation through this name.
Web links
- Psalm 54 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
- Psalm 54 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
- Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 54 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Gunkel, The Psalms ( 6 1986), 235
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2nd book: 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72
Book 3: 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89
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