@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/KT2022.1.008.BECK, author = "Becking, Bob", title = "Terugkerend thema", journal= "Kerk en Theologie", year = "2022", volume = "73", number = "1", pages = "61-71", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/KT2022.1.008.BECK", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/KT2022.1.008.BECK", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2773-1847", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Return", keywords = "Liberation", keywords = "Psalm 23", keywords = "Threat", abstract = "Abstract This article reinforces the translation ‘I will return’ in Psalm 23:6, following the MT against the LXX and the pious tradition. This translation is substantiated by a line in 23:2 that has to be translated as ‘He makes my spirit return’. This parallelism underscores the reciprocal theme of the anthem. The divine liberation from serious trouble makes the supplicant return to the temple over and over again.", }