BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Yahweh has crept into the text by a
natural slip of the scribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
LXXX. THEN AND NOW. THE MESSIANIC HOPE. The Ps. depicts Judah's
forlorn condition, first directly (Psalms 80:1) and then under the
figure of a vine (Psalms 80:8). It is divided into strophes by the
refrain in Psalms 80:3; Psalms 80:7; Psalms 80:19. (In Psalms 80:3
insert of hosts (LXX) as in Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]