Psalm 150 in the Light of Semitic Rhetorical Analysis
Keywords:
Psalms, Hallelujah, Praise, Scriptures, Semitic Biblical Rhetoric Analysis.Abstract
As we all know, the psalms were a part of the life of the Jewish people, so much so that while the Prologue of the book of Ecclesiastic refers to the Scriptures from the division “the Law, the Prophets, and the other books” (Prologue Eclo 1.8.24-25), the Gospel of Luke speaks of the same Scriptures, mentioning a division from the book of the Psalms, stating that everything led to Christ: “in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets and in the Psalms” (Lk 24, 44). It is interesting to note that Christians used and valued the Psalms in their liturgies, whether as prayers or as hymns, singing praises to God in their most varied forms and melodies. In view of this, we intend to reflect on Ps 150, the conclusion of the entire Psalter and one of the most musical psalms throughout our history. The Ps 150 is marked and demarcated in its rhythm by the occurrence of the verb “to praise”, being that 12 times in the imperative form piel and one in imperfect piel. Placing this psalm in the face of Semitic Biblical Rhetoric Analysis and being able to enter into it, according to its criteria, helps us even more to perceive the richness of the same and to use it better in study, in personal and community prayer.
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