Dictionary of Hermeneutics by Hernando James

Author:Hernando, James [Hernando, James]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Gospel Publishing House
Published: 2004-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Dirge

A funeral lament that was part of ancient mourning rites. It included expressions of lament, description of some disaster (the cause of lament), and a call to people to join in mourning. Although the Psalms contain no pure examples of dirges, their literary influence can be seen in several psalms (35, 44, 74, 137), in the Book of Lamentations, and in the private laments of David (2 Sam. 1:19–27; 3:33–34), as well as being embedded in the prophetic material (Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, 272–73, 285–86).

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions! —Ps. 58:6

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