Psalm 119

Psalm 119 ( Hebrew counting, counting Greek: Psalm 118) is the longest Psalm in the Old Testament and with its 176 verses at the same time the longest chapter of the Bible, even the only chapter in the Bible with hundreds of Versanzahl. In the King James Version of the Psalm with the joy of God's law is overridden ( The Gilded ABC), in the NRSV it is called A song of praise to God's Word.

Construction

Psalm 119 has a special design that sets it apart already in structure from others: The psalm is divided into 22 sections, corresponding to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The sections are numbered according to the Hebrew alphabet; in each section of each of the eight verses begins in the original Hebrew text with the same letter (so-called ABeCeDarius ). Since a translation would not be reasonably possible into German while maintaining this peculiarity, the Hebrew alphabet in German texts is typically represented as section headings: Aleph, Bet, Gimel, ...

Content

The psalm is marked by trust in God's word. Many verses are about how the Divine Word makes, converting alive; in each verse (up to verse 122) is accordingly also a synonym for this Divine Word before " law of the Lord ", " his rules ", " your laws." The original Hebrew uses ten different words for the "law", which perhaps appropriate only eight words were used in the original text, but in each of the verses.

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