Firth, D.G. (David Graham)2013-01-222013-01-221997Firth, DG 1997, 'Context and violence in individual prayers for protection', Skrif en Kerk, vol. 18, no.1, pp 86-97.0257-8891 (print)2074-7705 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20866Continued 2001 as 'Verbum et Ecclesia'Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFThe individual prayers for protection within the Psalter are marked by a consistency in terms of the context supposed and the nature of violence experienced by the psalmists. Consistently, these psalms also assert that the right to retributive violence against the enemies belongs to Yahweh alone. Such a consistent pattern indicates that those responsible for assembling the Book of Psalms intended to model this as the appropriate response for the faithful.11 pagesPDFenFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaViolence in the BibleBible -- O.T. -- PsalmsPsaltersArticle