Psalm 71

Beginning of Psalm 71 in an English Bible edition

The 71st psalm is a biblical psalm from the second book of the psalter . It can be assigned to the group of the supplication psalm.

Content and classification

The psalm takes up a whole series of other psalm passages (e.g. Ps 31,3–4 EU in verse 3, Ps 35,4 EU in verse 13 or Ps 40,6 EU in verse 19, among others ). Because of the good knowledge of other psalms, it is speculated that the psalm poet is a Levitic temple singer. Besides asking for God's help, expressing trust in God predominates.

According to the Greek number of the Septuagint , which is also used by the Latin Vulgate , the psalm bears the number 70.

The Luther Bible gives it the title: Request for God's help in old age .

reception

The psalm In te Domine speravi was set to music many times, including at least seven times by Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684).

Salomon Franck made the Psalm 1714 the basis of his chant "Oh God don't forsake me" .

Web links

Commons : Psalm 71  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 71 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 71 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 71 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 717
2. ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/psalmen-von-johann-rosenmueller-italienische-pracht.1091.de.html?dram:article_id=376228