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The psalm has been variously dated to either the 8th century BC, the time of the prophets Hosea and Micah, or to a time after the Babylonian captivity.The latter date is supported by the reference to "gathering" in verse 5, but is problematic because verse 2 describes Zion (another name for Jerusalem) as "the perfection of beauty", even though Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 BC.
Scholars have determined that a psalm's attribution to Asaph can mean a variety of things. It could mean that the psalms were a part of a collection from the Asaphites, a name commonly used to identify temple singers. Another possibility is that the psalms were performed in the style or tradition of the guild bearing Asaph's name. [3]
Asaph (English: / ˈ eɪ. s æ f / Ay-saf; [1] Hebrew: אָסָף ’Āsāp̄, "Gather" [2]) is the name of three men from the Hebrew bible.The articles related to the son of Berachiah and descendant of Kohath refer to the same person.
The work is set as a falsobordone, a technique then commonly used for performing psalm tones in a polyphonic manner. Allegri's setting is based upon the Tonus peregrinus . Verses alternate between a five-part setting sung by the first choir (verses 1, 5, 9, 13, 17) and a four-part setting sung by the second (verses 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 ...
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Psalm 51, one of the penitential psalms, [1] is the 51st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Have mercy upon me, O God". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 50 .
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