Abstract:
Psalm 31 seems to be a late post-exilic text. It displays numerous
similarities with other psalms, and also with the prophetic books of
Jonah and Jeremiah. This paper proposes to investigate the nature
of the literary relationship with the prophetic books in an attempt to
establish the direction of influence and to determine the reasons
why the psalm seems to have been composed as a kind of literary
anthology. It would seem that the group of people who were
responsible for composing Ps 31 also contributed towards the
insertion of the confessions of Jeremiah and the prayers of Jonah.