Abstract
“The heavens proclaim the glory of God”: Nature, Scripture and the suppliant in Psalm 19 This article investigates the relationship between the different parts of Psalm 19, viz. v 2-7, 8-11 and 12-15. After a translation and colometric analysis, observations are made on the structure of the poem, the wordplay, and the other literary strategies that keep the different parts together, and on the characteristics that mark this composition as a wisdom psalm. Special attention is devoted to the sun imagery which runs like a golden thread through the whole poem.
Highlights
This article investigates the relationship between the different parts of Psalm 19, viz. v 2-7, 8-11 and 12-15
Arktur is 20 maal groter as die son en Antares 487 maal helderder as haar lig
Sy gebooie is soos onbeweeglike sterre, ISSN 1609-9982 = VERBUM ET ECCLESIA JRG 23 (1) 2002 wat nie wyk nie, hulle spoed en hulle afstand, waarvan die weë 1000 maal kruis en tog nooit bots nie (Ps 19:8-11)
Summary
Middel en slot van die bekende Latyns-Amerikaanse teoloog, Ernesto Cardenal (1981:15), se moderne weergawe van Psalm 19, vry uit die Duits vertaal, lui soos volg:. Die eerste deel (vv 2-7) was ’n aanvanklike son-himne wat oor tyd heen gegroei het met die byvoeging van dele B (vv 8-11) en C (vv 12-15) tot die gedig soos wat dit in die Hebreeuse Bybel vervat is; (II) die gedig was van die begin af ’n literêre geheel met ’n duidelike samehang (metafories/tematies/woordspel) tussen die verskillende dele Dit is interessant om daarop te let dat Cardenal in sy interpretasie aansluiting vind by laasgenoemde verklaring en ’n duidelike verband lê tussen A (vv 2-7) en B (vv 8-11): die werking van die wet van God (B) word begryp in terme van die kosmiese kategorieë wat in A beskryf is: swaartekrag, komete, die Melkweg en onbeweeglike sterre. Die vraag is: welke verband? Die opmerkings hieronder oor die struktuur/opbou, temas en woordspel is daarop gemik om meer klarigheid hieroor te bring
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