Shape and Message of Book III (Psalms 73

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This study of Book III of the Psalter examines evidence for the canonical organization of these seventeen psalms and finds cohesive links that create a consistent and coherent dialogue throughout. Continual laments by a righteous individual on behalf of and in concert with the nation spring from the non-fulfillment of hopes raised in Psalm 72 at the end of Book II. Divine answers give reasons for...

PSALM 73 Between Psalms 72 and 73 the superscription of the latter announces a new psalm, while the doxology of the former (72:18, 19) and its final note (72:20) confirm the end of Book II.1 Further confirmation of this division are the different author ascriptions and lack of genre similarity.2 On the other side of Psalm 73 is the superscription of 74, announcing a new literary unit, but also ascribing authorship to Asaph and thus providing a measure of continuity. These different author

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