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More notes, taken from or inspired by Michael Dahood\u2019s Anchor Bible commentary. <\/p>\n
1) Dahood makes good sense of the entire Psalm by assuming that it moves from a place of battle and victory (vv. 5-14), to the victory celebration in the tents of the war camp (vv. 15-18), and then the army returns to the city (v. 19) and the temple (vv. 26-27). This also makes sense of the connection of this Psalm with Palm Sunday: Jesus has been in confinement, surrounded by enemies, but His Father has delivered Him and brought Him to Jerusalem, where the crowds greet Him in a triumphal procession. <\/p>\n
2) Dahood notes the contrast between the \u201cconfinement\u201d in which the Psalmist finds himself, and the \u201clarge place\u201d to which he is brought (or from which Yahweh answers). He\u2019s given room to maneuver. <\/p>\n
3) Dahood also notes the pun on \u201cfear\u201d (YARE) and \u201csee\u201d (R\u2019AH) in verses 6-7. The Psalmist does not fear, because he is confident that he will \u201clook on\u201d (Dahood: \u201cgloat over\u201d) his enemies. <\/p>\n
4) Dahood takes \u201ccut off\u201d as a reference to circumcision, and cites 1 Samuel 18:25-27. He suggests that the Psalm has specific reference to David\u2019s conflicts with the Philistines, who were one of the few nations surrounding Israel that did not practice circumcision. <\/p>\n
5) The second person address in verse 13 is odd. Dahood suggests that it is the Psalmist\u2019s address to Death, who pushes him so that he begins to fall into the confinement of the grave, where he cannot praise Yahweh. Yahweh rescues him, so that he can record the words of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
6) Dahood interprets verse 24 as \u201cThis is the day Yahweh has acted.\u201d It is the day of the Yahweh, the day of Yahweh\u2019s appearance and triumph. <\/p>\n
7) Verse 27a is not, Dahood argues, a sentence (Yahweh is God) but the composite name of Yahweh: El Yahweh. The WAW attached to the following verb (\u201che has shone\u201d) is not conjunctive. Hence, he translates: \u201cEl Yahweh has truly shone upon us,\u201d that is, in giving victory over enemies. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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