Psalm 85
The 85th Psalm ( Greek- count of 84 ) is a Psalm of Korachsöhne. He is the liturgy belongs.
Genus determination
The Orientalist Georg Heinrich August Ewald particular the genre of the Psalms as " folk elegy " with a divine answer, so an oracle it (v. 9-14). The return from the Babylonian exile had already done, but have not yet perceived as a rescue. This view took over most of the former theologians.
Another direction looks the part that talks about a rescue, as a prayer of the community to advance healing Asked proclamation of the future and thus considered prayer as a prophecy Employing. However, this also makes the determination of an age impossible.
Structure
The Psalm can be divided according to the following: