literary analysis of Psalm 32 – Bliss of Teshuvah (Return / Repentance)

 Click here to read “Psalm Thirty-two – Translation of the Song” Composed for the purpose of instruction, Psalm 32 is moral teaching sounded in   melody. The first verse declares its intention: the song is a maskil  (מַשְׂכִּיל) –the exact meaning of the Hebrew has long been lost, but it is   apparent that it refers …

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Literary Analysis of Psalm 22

 Click here to read “Psalm Twenty-two: Translation of the Song” Two visions create Song 22; one perceives the present and one, the future. Each describes an extreme state of being and each is the polar opposite of the other. The song opens with the voicing of an anguish so intense that, more than a cry, it …

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