LXX Psalms

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Psalm 117

1 Hallelujah. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 3 Let now the house of Aaron say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 4 Let now all that fear the Lord say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 5 I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he listened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place. 6 The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. 7 The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon my enemies. 8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. 9 It is better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes. 10 All nations surrounded me: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 11 They completely surrounded me: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 12 They surrounded me as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 13 I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. 14 The Lord is my strength and my song, and has become my salvation. 15 The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has worked mightily. 16 The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has worked powerfully. 17 I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord has disciplined me greatly: but he has not given me up to death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.⁠ 20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. 21 I will give thanks to you; because you have heard me, and have become my salvation.⁠ 22 The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner. 23 This has been done by the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. 25 Lord, save now: Lord, send now prosperity. 26 The person who comes in the name of the Lord is blessed: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, and he has shone upon us: celebrate the feast with thick branches, even to the horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks: you are my God, and I will exalt you. I will give thanks to you, for you have heard me, and have become my salvation. 29 Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

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Compare LXX Psalm 117:21 and John 11:41

Septuagint · New Testament

Summary

The prayer Jesus speaks before raising Lazarus echoes Psalm 118, where thanks is given for being heard and rescued. This connection suggests the Lazarus narrative was shaped to parallel the theme of divine rescue and vindication found in the psalm.

Passages

LXX Psalm 117:21

Septuagint

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. 21 I will give thanks to you; because you have heard me, and have become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner. 23 This has been done by the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it.

100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Psalms

John 11:41

New Testament

39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, “Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell because he has been buried four days.” 40 Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have listened to me. 42 I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

90–110 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in John

References

"... Anthony Hanson and Max Wilcox, co-founders of the Seminar on the use of the Old Testament in the New, identified the opening words of Jesus' prayer in Jn 11.41 as an allusion to Ps. 118.21 (LXX 117.21), and did so working independently of one another. Hanson was first to get into print in an article in 1973. Wilcox published four years later, by which time the coincidence had been discovered. The aim of this study is to offer support for this joint identification by approaching Jn 11.41-42 from the broader perspective of the composition of the Lazarus story as a whole ... we are now in a position to render a plausible account of the processes of creative interpretation of tradition which gave John's text its final form ... I am in agreement with the view that the Lazarus story was not originally part of the Gospel but was added to it by John at a later stage, probably in the process of a second edition. This is an important point because it affects our understanding of how John has worked: it means that the story was almost certainly interpolated into already existing material and that therefore, in composing it, John also designed it to fit its new surroundings ..."

Wendy Sproston North, “Jesus' Prayer in John 11,” in The Old Testament in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of J. L. North, ed. Steve Moyise and J. L. North (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 2000), 164–180.

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Compare LXX Psalm 117:21 and John 11:41

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LXX Psalm 117:21

John 11:41

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