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Naturally, the entire psalm is expressed a … Naturally, the entire psalm is expressed as direct speech, a prayer to the Lord, especially vv. 2 and 8; moreover, it also incorporates a direct quote that ironically (but typically for psalmic discourse) illustrates popular negative opinion about the psalmist (v. 3b).</br></br>Jacobson makes the following generalization about the ''discourse'' function of enemies' speech directed against the psalmist: "Because enemy quotations in which the enemies attack the Psalmist are both less frequent and more subtle than the quotations in which the enemies attack God, less uniform conclusions can be drawn about their formal role. These quotations do not seem to occur as the culmination of the they-complaint nor do they function as significantly at the turning point of the psalm. Nor does the content of these quotations play a central role in the psalms in which they occur."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AF2-QINU`"' Psalm 3 appears to be an exception to Jacobson's general observation, since in Psalm 3 the enemies' speech (v. 3b) does appear at the culmination of the complaint (vv. 2-3), a turning point in the psalm.</br></br>Jacobson also comments on the ''rhetorical'' function of enemies' speech directed against the psalmist: "When the psalmist quotes words in which the enemy originally performed an illocutionary act, the psalmist is re-performing that original illocutionary action for her current audience–God–in order to persuade God (perlocutionary act) to answer her prayer."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AF3-QINU`"' her prayer."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AF3-QINU`"' +
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