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David as Zion: A Reading Psalm 51 as a Three-Tiered Psalm

Kyung-Taek Ha 1

1장로회신학대학교

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ABSTRACT

The three-dimensional interpretation of Psalm 51 in itself shows not only the formation history of Psalm 51 but also the history of interpretation. We can get a glimpse of the process of growth and change from ‘individual lament’ to ‘a psalm of David’ and ultimately to ‘communal lament.’ In this process, we discover the meaning of David as the ‘incarnation’ of Zion and the communal understanding of Zion’s ‘Davidization.’ In Psalm 51, the poet, as a damaged and broken ‘structure,’ longing for God as an ‘architect’ who repairs and rebuilds it, laments, petitions, and pledges.

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