![]() Then the central axis echoes a sentiment we first encountered in Job. But the new structure for Psalm 44 helped me see that it is a study in contrasts (comparison and contrast is one of the teaching tools of Scripture.)Ī pairs: YHVH’s historical favor is contrasted with His seeming present casting off.ī pairs: Salvation is contrasted with the present shadow of death.Ĭ pairs: YHVH’s historical prevailing over the Jacob’s adversaries, so that they are put to shame, is contrasted with the seeming present Jacob’s adversaries prevailing over him, so that shame covers him. The chiastic structures posted above are new, not lining up with the one posted in the previous studies. Psalm 44 always troubled me, because the tenor of it is so discouraging. ![]() Download the revised and expanded Psa 44:1-26 Chiasm pdf.
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