Clarification re Psalm 83 in Ancient Book of Psalms <\/strong><\/p>\nIn the press release issued by the National Museum of Ireland on 26th July the following reference was made to Psalm 83:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile part of Psalm 83 is legible, the extent to which other Psalms or additional texts are preserved will only be determined by painstaking work by a team of invited experts probably operating over a long time in the Museum laboratory\u201d<\/p>\n
The above mention of Psalm 83 has led to misconceptions about the revealed wording and may be a source of concern for people who believe Psalm 83 deals with \u201cthe wiping out of Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Director of the National Museum of Ireland, Dr. Patrick F. Wallace, would like to highlight that the text visible on the manuscript does NOT refer to wiping out Israel but to the \u2018vale of tears\u2019.<\/p>\n
This is part of verse 7 of Psalm 83 in the old latin translation of the Bible (the Vulgate) which, in turn, was translated from an original Greek text would have been the version used in the medieval period. In the much later King James version the number of the Psalms is different, based on the Hebrew text and the \u2018vale of tears\u2019 occurs in Psalm 84. The text about wiping out Israel occurs in the Vulgate as Psalm 82 = Psalm 83 (King James version).<\/p>\n
It is hoped that this clarification will serve comfort to anyone worried by earlier reports of the content of the text.<\/p>\n
Thanks to FWD from Jean-Michel.<\/em><\/span>
________________________________<\/p>\nI\u2019ll leave it to the industrious to look up the two Psalms (82 & 83). There\u2019s a world of difference between the two.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recent news reports of the ancient Psalter found in Ireland, especially those filtered through blogs, placed great weight on the book\u2019s \u2014 prophetically, some believed \u2014 being \u201copen to\u201d Psalm 83 or to that Psalm\u2019s pristine condition. Some became energized about their understanding of the prophetic nature of this Psalm about Israel coupled with their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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R<\/span>ecent news reports<\/a> of the ancient Psalter found in Ireland, especially those filtered through blogs, placed great weight on the book\u2019s \u2014 prophetically, some believed<\/a> \u2014 being \u201copen to\u201d Psalm 83 or to that Psalm\u2019s pristine condition. Some became energized about their understanding of the prophetic nature of this Psalm about Israel coupled with their beliefs about the current war in the Middle East. <\/em>