Tehillim18


 * תהילים יה \ TEHILLIM 18 **
 * The text of Tehillim 18
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 * Who: David
 * What: Declarative Praise
 * Where: Israel, perhaps in Judean Desert
 * Why: during David's flight from Shaul and his enemies
 * When: approximately 10th century
 * [|VocabListForTehillim18.pdf]
 * References and roles
 * Source Criticism

[[home]] &v=1&t=WLC#1 Two Old Testament scholars have made observations about the Psalter that are helpful here. Claus Westermann has described the Psalms in terms of the unifying element of praise, supporting the observation above that the psalms are simply different modes of praise. Petitionary Praise Lament God will act Declarative Praise Thanksgiving///todah// God has acted Descriptive Praise Hymn God is God (we know He is God because we cried to Him and He acted) There is a sequence to this understanding of the Psalms whereby the attitude expressed in Hymn becomes the basis for a new petition, a new Lament. Walter Brueggemann picks up this dimension and describes the psalms in terms of the dynamic of life experiences. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=vbm%20psalm%2030&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvbm-torah.org%2Farchive%2Ftehillim%2F32miz30.doc&ei=UzaLT-HVKMig4gTxhri2CQ&usg=AFQjCNFCQDYArmly4mBMJPmlVRnKjXKWZw&cad=rja during David's flight from Shaul and his enemies