Psalm 83

The 83rd psalm (according to Greek counting the 82nd) is a psalm of Asaf and belongs to the series of folk lamentations . It has elements that belong to the style of the curse .

structure

The psalm can be structured as follows:

Verse 2: introductory cry for help
Verses 3–9: Complaint against all peoples who have conspired against YHWH's people
Verses 10-19: Request: Desire to shame on the enemy

Dating

The theologian Rudolf Kittel dates the psalm to the events of 1 Makk 5 EU . There pulling Judas Maccabaeus after his victory over the Seleucid armies and after the restoration of the temple against the hostile surrounding nations to war.

The German orientalist Heinrich Georg August Ewald suggests dating the psalm to the time of the building of the wall by Nehemias Neh 4,1f EU .

Hermann Gunkel finally states that the psalm fits the situation throughout the post-exilic period and that, due to the poor sources, this only appears literally in 1 Makk 5 EU and Neh 4,1f EU .

Liturgy of the Hours

Because of its offensive nature as a curse psalm , this psalm as well as Psalms 58 and 109 and individual other verses were deleted from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours in 1970 .

Web links

Commons : Psalm 83 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Psalm 83 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
Psalm 83 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
Public domain sheet music of settings for Psalm 83 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Hermann Gunkel: The Psalms. ⁶ 1986, p. 364.
^ Rudolf Kittel: Psalms . ^3.4 1921.
^ Henrich Georg August Ewald: The poetic books of the old covenant , Volume 2. ³ 1835, p. 295.
↑ Hermann Gunkel: The Psalms. ⁶ 1986, p. 365.
↑ General introduction to the Liturgy of the Hours (AES). November 1, 1970, No. 131.
Adolf Adam, Winfried Haunerland: Liturgy floor plan. Herder, Freiburg et al., 2012, ISBN (incorrect) 978-3-451-31413-3, ISBN (correct) 978-3-451-31413-1, p. 387.

[1] Hermann Gunkel: The Psalms. ⁶ 1986, p. 364.

[2] Rudolf Kittel: Psalms . ^3.4 1921.

[3] Henrich Georg August Ewald: The poetic books of the old covenant , Volume 2. ³ 1835, p. 295.

[4] Hermann Gunkel: The Psalms. ⁶ 1986, p. 365.

[5] General introduction to the Liturgy of the Hours (AES). November 1, 1970, No. 131.
Adolf Adam, Winfried Haunerland: Liturgy floor plan. Herder, Freiburg et al., 2012, ISBN (incorrect) 978-3-451-31413-3, ISBN (correct) 978-3-451-31413-1, p. 387.