Prinsloo, Gert Thomas MarthinusWeber, Beat, 1955-2020-03-092020-03-092019Gert T M Prinsloo and Beat Weber, “‘Be exalted, O God, above the Heavens!’ (Psalm 108:6) Studies in the Book of Psalms and its reception. Presented to Phil J. Botha on his 65th birthday.” Old Testament Essays 32 no. 2 (2019): 288-301. DOI: https://DOI.org/ 10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n2a2.1010-9919 (print)2312-3621 (online)10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n2a2http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73665A new psalm had to be composed for new circumstances. It made use of a well-known oracle of God, but in a new political, social, religious, and/or historical context, that oracle had a new message. In a context of praise, it opened a perspective to the future. It emphasized in a new way that God had to bring about the new dispensation, and that he would. They gave the faithful a new historical and cosmological perspectiveen© Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA). Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.GodOraclePraiseBook of PsalmsArticle