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absent in sections 2-3 +

Connections

The two occurrences are connected; both occur alongside references to "deliverance" (ישׁועתה/הושׁיעני). Whereas the psalmist's enemies say there is "no deliverance for him with God" (v.3b), the psalmist cries out to "my God" for "deliverance" (v.8b). +

Definition

אֱלֹהִים +, יהוה + and References to God +

Discussion

The repeated divine name acts as the precatory backbone throughout the text (יהוה–x6, אלהי–v. 7a). The use of the divine name may form a pattern: ::יהוה / אלהים / יהוה ::יהוה / יהוה ::יהוה / אלהים / יהוה +

Feature Index

2 +

Occurrences

vv. 3b, 8b + and vv. 2a, 4a, 5a, 6b, 8a, 9a +

Structure

This feature forms/reinforces a (chiastic) correspondence between sections 1 and 4. + and Initiates new sections (structural anaphora), especially when used in direct address (vv. 2a, 4a, 8a) +

Tableless

False +

Content properties

Psalm 3/Lexical Semantics +

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