Originally posted by JohnnyP
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The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, make it to be David's, and yet add the name of Jeremiah; and the Arabic version calls it David's, concerning Jeremiah: but, as Theodoret observes, Jeremiah was not carried into Babylon, but, after some short stay in or near Jerusalem, was forced away into Egypt; and could neither be the writer nor subject of this psalm: and though it might be written by David under a spirit of prophecy; who thereby might foresee and foretell the Babylonish captivity, and what the Jews would suffer in it; as the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah did, many years before it came to pass; yet it seems rather to have been written by one of the captivity, either while in it, or immediately after it.
Now, slow down a minute and read what you cited.... the name Jeremiah has been added to it, but Jeremiah was not carried into Babylon...... MIGHT be written by David "under a spirit of prophecy".... (then there's that LONG sentence, ending with) "yet it seems rather to have been written by one of the captivity, either while in it, or immediately after it."
There's a WHOLE lot of speculation there, and very little substantiation.
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