TheM esasgeo f theP salms THE MESSAGE OF •TH E Psall1l5 A THEOLOGICCOAMLM ENTARY WALTERB RUEGGEMANN Augsbur• g Minneapolis THE MESSAGEO F THE PSALMS A TheologiCcoamlm entary Copyrig©h t1984A ugsbuPrugb lisHhoiunsge A.l lri ghtrse serveEdx.c epfto br riqeufo tations inc riticartailc leosrre viewsno,p art oft hiboso k maybe reproducienand y mannerw ithout priorw rittepennni ssionf romt hep ublisWhrietre.t oP:e rmissioAnusg,s buFrogrt res4s2,6S . FiftSht .B,o x1 209,M inneapoMlNi s5 5440. Scriprureq uotatioenxsc,et phto setra nslatbeytd h aeu tharoerf, r otmh Ree visSetandd ard Version ofth e Biblceo,p yri1g9h4t6 1,9 52an,d 1971b yt heD ivisioofCn h ristiEdaunc atioofnt he NatioCnoauln coiflC hurches. Covedre sigPno:l locDeks ignG roup LibraoryfC ongreCsast aloging-in-PDuabtal ication BrueggemannW,a lter TheM essagoefth e Psalms Bibliograpp.h y: I.B iblOe..T P.s alms-Commentari2e.Bs i.b le. 0.T .P salmsTh-eologyI..T itle BSI430.3.B179884 223'.207 84-21734 ISBN0 -0686-2120(-p6b k.) The paperu sed inth isp ublicamteeitostn h mei nimurme quiremoefAn mtesri canN atioSntanadlar d foIrn formatSicoine nces-PermaonfeP nacpeerf oPrri nteLdi braMrayt eriaAlNsS,I Z 329.48- 1984. Manufactuiredn t heU .S.A. APH 10-4370 To ErnesFt.N olte Whoseh earitss teady Contents Abbreviations . . . . 8 .................... .................................. Preface 9 .................................................................. 1.I ntroduction .. .. 15 ................................ ................... 2.P salmosf O rientation . . .2 5 ........................................ SonogfsC reation SonogfTs o rah WisdPosma lms SongsR eotfri bution OccasoifWo enlsl -Being 3.P salmosf D isorient.a.t.i.o.n. ..............5.1. .................. PernsaoLla ment Communal Laments TwoP orblPesma lms ''SAe coOnpdi n'io'on tn hDei sorientation "ThSee vPesnma sl" AfttehrDe e lgeu-Thou! 4.P salmosf N ew Orientation . . 123 .......................... ....... ThangkisvSionngg s ThangkisvSionngog fst hCeo mmunity ThOen caen Fdu tuKrien g ThanikvsigGnegn eratloCi oznefidd ence HymnosfP raise 5.A RetrospSepcitr:i tuaanldiT thye odicy . 168 ................... Notes . . 177 ............................................................... Lisotf P salmTsr eated 206 ............................................. Abbreviations ATR AngliTchaeno logRiecvaile w BAR BibliAcraclh aeoRleoagdye r BASO R Bulleotfti hnAe m ericSacnh ooolfOs r ienRteasle arch CBQ CathoBliibcl iQcuaalr terly HTR HarvarTdh eologRiecvaile w /DB TheI nterprDeitcetri'oson fat ryhBe i ble JSOT Journfaoltr h Set udoyft hOel dT estament JBL JournoafBl i blical Literature JNES JournoafNl e aEra steSrtnu dies JSS JournoafSl e miSttiucd ies SJT ScottJiosuhr noafTl h eology svr SupplemVeenttuT:se J'tamentum USQR UnioSne minQauaryr terRleyv iew vr VetuTse stamentum ZAW Zeitscfhurdrifi tae l ttestamWeinstsleincshceh aft ZTK Zeitscfohrr Tifth eolougnidKe i rche