Psalm 82

The 82nd Psalm (according to Greek counting the 81st) belongs to the series of Asafpsalms . He reports of gods or "sons of the Most High" over whom the judgment of YHWH comes.

interpretation

The main problem of the Psalm is the question of who is meant by the "gods", "sons of the Most High". The following possibilities come into consideration: The "gods" are:

• Gods in the real sense
• Princes of the heathen
• Princes of Israel (like "princes of the Gentiles" meant ironically)

The usual solution, as suggested by Hermann Gunkel , for example , is: In Judaism of that time , pagan national gods and their power were accepted. So the earthly peoples have corresponding heavenly archetypes (Dan 10.13 EU ), which in turn are subordinate to YHWH. So the judgment of YHWH must also meet these sons of God.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Gunkel, The Psalms (6th edition 1986), 360
2. ^ Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen (6th edition 1986), 361 (cf. also Adrian Schenker, Text und Sinn im Alten Testament (1991), 35ff.)

Web links

Commons : Psalm 82  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Psalm 82 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 82 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 82 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)