Psalm 17

The 17th Psalm is a Psalm of David, and the genus assign " songs of innocence ".

Structure

The Psalm can be broken down as follows:

Interpretation

Verse 15b

The final verse in "But I [ ... ] will be satisfied when I awake with your picture" called awakening prepared the research problems and has been interpreted in different ways:

  • Georg Heinrich August Ewald and Bernhard Duhm and others suggest the awakening in the morning before, that is, the psalm is to be understood as Evening Song
  • Rudolf Kittel indicate the awakening as the resurrection, because sleeping in the Old Testament often symbolizes death
  • Friedrich Baethgen and Emil Kautzsch see it as an awakening of Israel from the weakness
  • Hans Kessler sees the job as a " corrupt " so as by later edits made ​​meaningless.
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