THE PRAYER OF BIBLICAL LAMENTATIONS

LAMENTATION PSALMS ILLUSTRATE THE HUMAN FEELINGS AS THEY TRANSPIRE DURING THE PRAYER, DEMARCATING THUS A SPIRITUAL PASSAGE TO BE RE -ENACTED BY EACH HOMO RELIGIOSUS. OUR INTENTION WAS TO UNDERLINE THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE ABSOLUTE THROUGH PRAYER AND TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN FOR THE ANALYSED SUBGENRE OF PSALMS. THIS PATTERN CONTAINS A SPECIFIC VOCABULARY FOR THE INVOCATION, FOR THE WAY THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES THE DEITY; A REPETITIVE SUBSTITUTION OF THE LAMENTATION WITH THE HYMN ONCE ONE CAN FORESEE THE HOPE FOR SALVATION IN THE MIDST OF A DISCOURAGING SITUATION WHICH TRIGGED THE ORIGINAL LAMENTATION; REASONS FOR LAMENTATION: THE FEAR OF DEATH, FEAR OF ENEMIES, A DISEASE OR AN AWARENESS OF YOUR OWN SIN – AND LASTLY PRAYER AS A LAYOUT FOR T HE HUMAN QUEST FOR THE DIVINE. THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE LAST COMPONENT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SCHEME OF THE PSALMS.

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