Psalm 80
The 80th psalm is a biblical psalm from the third book of the psalter . The first verse ascribes its authorship to the Levite Asaf .
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The psalmist prays for this the tribes of Ephraim , Benjamin and Manasseh . He asks God, who is addressed as the Shepherd of Israel, to show himself and restore the destroyed Israel .
In verses 4, 8 and 20, a refrain is repeated only slightly changed:
Explanations
The hint in verse 1 to sing in the manner of “lilies of testimony” cannot be clearly interpreted. Lilien probably refers to a musical instrument or a way of performing. The words "enthroned on the cherubim " in verse 2 refers to the ark , which is thought of as God's throne. In the Bible, the expression “comfort” in the repentance usually means direct intervention by God, through which the situation is turned for the better. An alternative translation could therefore be “raise us up” or “restore us” (as the uniform translation translates). The vine is an image for the people of Israel that is often found in the Bible (compare, for example, Isaiah 5: 1-7 EU or Jeremiah 2.21 EU ).
According to the Greek number of the Septuagint , which is also used by the Latin Vulgate , the psalm bears the number 79.
reception
The psalm was set to music in the 4th century by Ambrose of Milan in the hymn Intende qui regis Israel , which in turn was included in Luther's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (1524).
In Mendelssohn's Vespergesang (1833) you can hear in section III. Qui regis Israel - Con moto .
Web links
- Psalm 80 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
- Psalm 80 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
- Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 80 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , pp. 727f.
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