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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forBabylonian PsalmsA number of Babylonian hymns and songs have been preserved, and are interesting as bearing some resemblance to the psalms of the Old Testament. The German scholar H. Zimmern has made a collection of the psalms of penance under the heading "Babylonian Penitential Psalms " (Babylonische Buss-psalmen). He thinks that the impetus was given to this class of composition by national calamities rather than by personal grievances. The hymns often contain historical allusions, and sometimes include a prayer for the king. For specimens of these psalms, see Morris Jastrow, Rel.; W. Bousset. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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