Psalm 96

The 96th psalm (according to Greek counting the 95th) is a psalm from the fourth book of psalms . It belongs to the genre of " hymns ". The psalm has an almost literal correspondence in the 1st book of the Chronicle ( 1 Chr 16.8-36  EU ).

structure

The psalm can be broken down as follows:

1. Part 1 :
   1. Verses 1-3: hymnal introduction
   2. Verses 4-6: associated main section
2. Part 2 :
   1. Verses 7–9: New introduction
   2. Verses 10-13: main piece with motifs from the Psalm genre " YHWH's accession to the throne"

classification

Sigmund Mowinckel relates the psalm to the festival of YHWH's accession to the throne .

reception

• Carl Müllerhartung (1834–1908): The 96th Psalm "Sing the Lord a new song"

Web links

Commons : Psalm 96  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 96 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 96 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 96 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Gunkel, Die Psalmen ( ⁶ 1986), 421
2. ↑ Sigmund Mowinckel, Psalm Studies II: The Accession Feast of Yahweh and the Origin of Eschatology (1921)