Psalm 86

The 86th Psalm (according to Greek counting the 85th) is a Psalm of David and is to be assigned to the series of " Lamentations of an Individual".

structure

A possible subdivision of the psalm is as follows:

1. Verses 1-13: Part 1 . This consists of:
   1. Verse 1b: Brief lament
   2. Verses 1-7 and 11a: Requests
   3. Verses 8-10: hymn motif
   4. Verse 12f: desire
2. Verses 14-17: part 2 . Here the thought of the enemy is added. The part consists of:
   1. Verse 14: Lament
   2. Verse 15: hymn motif
   3. Verse 16f: requests and wishes

Liturgical use

• In the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours , Psalm 86 is part of Compline (night prayer) on Monday.

literature

• Jürgen Vorndran: "All peoples will come". Studies on Psalm 86. 2002

Web links

Commons : Psalm 86  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 86 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 86 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Public domain sheet music of settings for Psalm 86 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Gunkel : Die Psalmen ⁶ 1986, p. 376.