Psalm 110 was Re: [b-hebrew] LORD

Bill Rea bsr15 at exchange.canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Feb 16 17:13:58 EST 2003


Pastor Mark wrote:-

>> Dear Mark,
>> Why do you assume David or even a davidic king wrote this psalm?
>
>That's what the text of the Hebrew Bible says in the Psalm title: LeDaWiD. We 
>have no evidence to contradict this statement by the comiler(s) of the Psalms.

[snip]

>What other David does the Hebrew Bible know as "the sweet psalmist of
>Israel"

It is possible to understand "LeDaWiD" as a dedication of the psalm to 
David as the psalm writer par excellence and not a claim of authorship 
by David. 

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