Psalm 39

Psalm 39 is the 39th psalm of the Book of Psalms. It is a meditation of David on the fragility of man before God, that ends in a prayer for a peaceful life.

The Psalm is addressed to Jeduthun possibly the same as Ethan, numbered among the sons of Merari.

Structure

There is verses numbering conflict between Hebrew and Latin versions.

Clarke holds the psalm relates:

While Spurgeon broke the Psalm down thus:

The Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel in his standard work "The Psalms" believes the structuring of the verses was originally:

Psalms

The Book of Psalms, Tehillim in Hebrew (תְּהִלִּים or תהילים meaning "Praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. The title is derived from the Greek translation, ψαλμοί psalmoi, meaning "instrumental music" and, by extension, "the words accompanying the music." The book is an anthology of individual psalms, with 150 in the Jewish and Western Christian tradition and more in the Eastern Christian churches. Many of the psalms are linked to the name of King David, although his authorship is not accepted by modern Bible scholars.

Structure

Benedictions

The Book of Psalms is divided into five sections, each closing with a doxology (i.e., a benediction) – these divisions were probably introduced by the final editors to imitate the five-fold division of the Torah:

Psalm (disambiguation)

Psalms is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

Psalm may also refer to:

Psalm 79

Psalm 79 (Greek numbering: Psalm 78) is the 79th psalm in the biblical Book of Psalms.

Uses

Judaism

References