Psalm 93

Verse 5 on a board (here referred to as Psalm 92 because it follows the numbering of the Vulgate )

The 93rd Psalm (according to Greek counting the 92nd) is a psalm that celebrates YHWH's accession to the throne .

structure

The psalm can be broken down as follows:

1. Verse 1: YHWH became king
2. Verse 2: Like YHWH's newly placed earth, YHWH's throne is established
3. Verse 3f: shields of YHWH's enemies
4. Verse 5: Conclusion: fulfillment of the prophecy

interpretation

Often the psalm is understood eschatologically . Others dispute this view and see the psalm merely as a description of what the congregation experienced on the feast of the accession to the throne.

It can be interpreted that the "waters" (verse 4) represent the pagan peoples . So it is said is Isa 17:12  ELB :

“Woe to the roar of many peoples; they roar like the roar of the seas; and a rustling of peoples; like the rushing of mighty water they rush. "

Compare also Isa 8,7f. ELB .

Web links

Commons : Psalm 93  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 93 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 93 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 93 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 410f.
2. ↑ Sigmund Mowinckel, Psalm Studies II: The Accession Feast of Yahweh and the Origin of Eschatology (1921)