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 ]
LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite.
A. PSALMS 81:1. A FESTAL HYMN, specially adapted for the old New
Year's Day or Feast of Trumpets (p. 104), which was held on the new
moon of Tishri, the seventh month, and for the Feast of Tabernacles
(pp. 103f.) at the full moon of the same month. The old Ne... [ Continue Reading ]