Wisdom Psalms Classification -Diane Jacobson, 2003

Psalm

Gunkel
1933

Jansen
1937

Mowinkel
1955

Von Rad
1972

Murphy
1962

Perdue
1977

Gerstenberger
1974, 1988

Hurvitz
1988

Kuntz
1974, 2000, 02

Whybray
1995, 1996

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

x

14 (53)

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

x

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

19

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

x

 

(x)

x

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

31

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

 

 

(x)

 

32

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

x

(x)

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

34

 

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

37

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

39

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

x

 

(x)

x

40

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

 

 

(x)

 

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

49

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

62

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

x

 

 

 

73

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

78

 

 

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

x

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

x

91

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

 

 

(x)

(x)

94

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

 

 

(x)

(x)

105

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

106

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

111

 

 

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

112

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

119

(x)

 

 

x

(x)

x

x

x

(x)

x

127

(x)

x

x

x

(x)

x

 

 

x

x

128

x

x

 

x

x

 

 

 

x

 

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

133

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

139

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

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