Os dias de quem sofre são como as sombras que passam

Um estudo bíblico de Salmo 102!

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https://doi.org/10.20890/reflexus.v18i2.2811

Abstract

Ps 102 has an individual supplication frame and participates in the family of penitential Psalms. Composed of 29 verses and divided into 4 stanzas, they express the prayer of an “oppressed” (v. 1a) who sings or prays to the Lord, God of Israel, his lament. Syntactically, nominal phrases are always aligned alongside verbal clauses, granting the lyrical poem freedom and freedom, in front of the curious and possessive reader. Seven images constitute the content of his prayer (v. 4a-b5a.7a-b.8a.12a), but in response to this there are twelve actions on the part of the Lord, God of Israel, as an attempt to respond to the person praying to him or sings (vv. 13a-b.14a-b.17a-b.18a-b.20a-b.21a-b). Therefore, Ps 102 has the structure of a litanic prayer. It is very likely that, as Zion (v. 17a) received divine engineering, her sons and daughters saw the Lord appear in glory (v. 17b). And, once the Lord was there, then “the moment of meeting has come” (v. 14c). The latter, among other things, will change the 'destiny of those without clothes' (v.18a), 'will hear the sobbing of those who are prisoners' (v. 21a) and 'will untie the children of death' (v. 21b).

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José Ancelmo Santos Dantas, PUC - Pontíficia Universidade Católica, SP

Graduado em Teologia pela Faculdade Paulo IV. Pós-graduado em Sagradas Escrituras pelo Centro Universitário Claretiano. Mestre e  doutorando em Exegese e Teologia Bíblica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).

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2024-12-12

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