Psalm 36

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Psalm 36 is the 36th psalm from the Book of Psalms.[1][2][3][4][5]

Authorship

The text of the Psalms states Davidic authorship, for the chief musician of the temple.[6]

The psalm may either be understood as a prayer of the persecuted who has taken refuge in the temple or figuratively of a refuge in God. The psalmist prides in the goodness of God in which he finds safe and blessed be. The psalm concludes with a plea to God for those who honor him, to bless with his justice and to protect them from the snares of the wicked.[7]

Uses

Judaism

Catholicism

Catholic scholarship saw the psalm as An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the wicked; and to trust in Providence.

Protestantism

The Vulgate version of verse 10 "in lumine tuo videbimus lumen" (In Thy light shall we see light)[11] is used often as a heraldic motto of Columbia University. The refrain and the first verse of "O Lord, thy mercy is sufficient so far as the sky is" is based on the verse 6 and 7 of Psalm 36.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Commentaires sur les psaumes, d’Hilaire de Poitiers, (Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2008), collection sources chrétiennes n°515,
  2. ↑ Commentaires of the Psalmes, by saint Johnn Chrysostome
  3. ↑ Discourse of the Psalmes, by Saint Augustin, vol.2,(Sagesses chrétiennes)
  4. ↑ Commentairy (jusqu’au psaume 54), by saint Thomas Aquinas, (Éditions du Cerf, 1273)
  5. ↑ Jean Calvin, Commentaire des psalmes, 1557
  6. ↑ Charles Spurgeon, Psalm 36 Treasury of David.
  7. ↑ Stuttgarter Erklärungsbibel, (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft Stuttgart,1992) p691.
  8. ↑ The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 525
  9. ↑ The Complete Artscroll Machzor for Rosh Hashanah page 351
  10. ↑ The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 4
  11. ↑ "Columbia University at a Glance". columbia.edu.
  12. ↑ "Hymns for Psalm 36". hymnary.org.

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