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The article focuses on the reflective-meditative poetry which the Slovak poet Andrej Sládkovič (1820 – 1872) wrote in the 1860s and early 1970s. His three psalmic adaptations (poems Žalm XLIV [Psalm XLIV], Žalm XXI [Psalm XXI] and Žalm III [Psalm III]) draw on biblical texts dealing with suffering, repentance, the passing of time and eternity. The three poems show the gradual change in the poet’s work – the restless revolutionary attitude changes into thankfulness for the victory and finally to the humble acceptance of life, submitting to God’s will the joyless state of the nation and the poet’s personal suffering. Sládkovič begins with a collective elegy, pleading on behalf of the whole nation, turning to the past and showing devotion and trust in God. In the royal psalm, he used climax and literary devices involving repetition. The final poem, an elegy of a theologian, is marked by the author’s return to the use of the Czech language and to the melodies from the Protestant hymnal Cithara sanctorum. The elegiac parts resonate with motives of negative emotional states and accusations of enemies. Each poem ends in the lyrical subject making sure he has been heard.
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The two texts demonstrate the desire for the salvation of God‘s people of the Old Testament and ascribe the glory to God for this salvation. The first text shows the Psalmist and his call for salvation and the second poem portrays the priest Zachariah and his hymn glorifying God for saving Israel. This study brings biblical-theological perspective to the dynamics of life based on faith and hope of God‘s people, between the desire for salvation and the joy in its fulfillment.
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