Psalm 95

Psalm 95

The 95th psalm (according to Greek counting the 94th) is a psalm from the fourth book of psalms . It belongs to the genre of the "prophetic liturgy".

genus

The psalm is divided into two large parts, the first part belonging to the genre of " hymns ", while the second part contains an oracle .

structure

The Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel structured the psalm as follows:

1. Verses 1–7d: Hymn of the church in honor of God
   1. Verses 1–5 sing about YHWH's greatness (with verse 1f. As an introduction)
   2. Verses 6–7d: jubilation (with verse 6 as introduction)
2. Verses 7-11: divine oracle : admonition and threat
   1. Verse 7: Introduction
   2. Verses 8-10: Countering the example of the past

Dating

The psalm can be dated to the time after the return from the Babylonian captivity , since one can read from it that the church rose against the rule of God because of its miserable circumstances.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 95  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 95 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 95 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 95 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
• Sound recording of the first verse as it is sung during Kabbalat Shabbat .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 417ff.