Botha, Philippus Jacobus2009-03-302009-03-302004Botha, PJ 2004, 'The textual strategy and ideology of Psalm 36', Old Testament Essays, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 506-520 [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html]1010-9919http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9390Psalm 36 is a beautiful and masterfully crafted poem that once served to enhance the unity and conviction of a group of Yahweh worshippers. The strategy of the author seems to have been an attempt to create dissociation from a group of people who are described as ‘wicked’ and to promote association with Yahweh as their patron deity. The psalm probably served at the same time as a request to Yahweh to protect the members of the in-group against the arrogant behaviour of the out-group who had no respect for him. It ends with a statement of confidence in the eventual downfall of the wicked people.enOld Testament Society of South AfricaPsalmsTextual strategyBible -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Article