Psalm 76

The 76th psalm (according to Greek counting the 75th) is a psalm of Asaf and belongs to the series of songs of Zion .

content

The God of Israel is praised in his abode on Mount Zion. He destroys the enemy and judges them.

structure

The psalm could be structured as follows:

1. Verse 2f: YHWH has chosen Mount Zion as his dwelling
2. Verse 4: The theme: The breaking of weapons of war
3. Verses 5-7: YHWH beats the terrible army that is attacking Jerusalem
4. Verses 8-10: The fearfulness of God's wrath
5. Verses 11-13: Thanks to the saved

Dating

There are several different approaches to dating:

• The psalm refers to Sin-ahhe-eriba's retreat ( Heinrich Ewald , Heinrich Graetz and others)
• The psalm can be assigned to the Maccabeic period (Ferdinand Hitzig, Justus Olshausen and others)
• The psalm is a song for YHWH's accession to the throne ( Sigmund Mowinckel )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Gunkel, The Psalms ( ⁶ 1986), 330
2. ^ Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 330f.
3. ^ Justus Olshausen, Ernst Bertheau, Ferdinand Hitzig, Die Psalmen (1853), 323

Web links

Commons : Psalm 76  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 76 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 76 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 76 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)