THE LITERARY GENRES USED
Description of suffering: 6:2 – 4, 11 – 13; 7:3 – 6; 9:25 – 28; 10:1; 16:6 – 17; 17:1 – 2, 6 – 9; 19:13 – 20; 23:2
Apprehensive fear:
of death: 13:28; 14:18 – 22; 17:11 – 16
of God: 23:15 – 17
Sorrow at general human suffering: 7:1 – 2; 14:1 – 12
Justification of lamenting: 6:5 – 7
Complaint:
against friends: 6:14 – 27; 12:2 – 6; 13:1 – 3; 16:2 – 5; 17:10; 19:2 – 6; 21:34; 26:2 – 4
against God: 7:7 – 10, 11 – 21; 9:17 – 18, 21 – 24; 10:2 – 7, 13 – 17; 16:7 – 14; 19:7 – 12
Lawsuit:
with the friends: 13:4-12
with God: 9:2 – 4, 14 – 16, 19 – 20, (28b), 29 – 33; 13:13 – 17 (purposed), 18-27; 23:3 – 7 (wish)
Petition:
to the friends: 6:28 – 29; 19:21 – 22
to God:
wish to die: 6:8 – 10; 7:15
wish for some relief before death: 7:7 – 10, 16 – 21; 10:18 – 22; 14:(5 – 6), 13 – 17
request for the easing of his suffering so that he can dispute with God: 9:34 – 35; 13:20 – 21
plea for vindication: 16:18; 17:3 – 4; 19:23 – 24
plea for deliverance form enemies: 27:7 – 10
Hymnic lines in praise of God: 9:5 – 13; 10:8 – 12; 12:13 – 25; 23:8 – 9, 13 – 14; 26:5 – 14
A vow of innocence: 6:28 – 30; 16:17; 23:10 – 12; 27:2 – 6
Affirmation of trust in God: 16:19 – 22; 19:25 – 27; 23:6 – 7
Wisdom instruction: 12:7 – 12
Warning to friends: 17:5; 19:28 – 29
Disputation on the success of wicked: 21:2 – 33; 24:1 – 17 (followed by a curse on the wicked, 24:18 – 24, and a challenge to be proven wrong, 24:25)
Apprehensive fear:
of death: 13:28; 14:18 – 22; 17:11 – 16
of God: 23:15 – 17
Sorrow at general human suffering: 7:1 – 2; 14:1 – 12
Justification of lamenting: 6:5 – 7
Complaint:
against friends: 6:14 – 27; 12:2 – 6; 13:1 – 3; 16:2 – 5; 17:10; 19:2 – 6; 21:34; 26:2 – 4
against God: 7:7 – 10, 11 – 21; 9:17 – 18, 21 – 24; 10:2 – 7, 13 – 17; 16:7 – 14; 19:7 – 12
Lawsuit:
with the friends: 13:4-12
with God: 9:2 – 4, 14 – 16, 19 – 20, (28b), 29 – 33; 13:13 – 17 (purposed), 18-27; 23:3 – 7 (wish)
Petition:
to the friends: 6:28 – 29; 19:21 – 22
to God:
wish to die: 6:8 – 10; 7:15
wish for some relief before death: 7:7 – 10, 16 – 21; 10:18 – 22; 14:(5 – 6), 13 – 17
request for the easing of his suffering so that he can dispute with God: 9:34 – 35; 13:20 – 21
plea for vindication: 16:18; 17:3 – 4; 19:23 – 24
plea for deliverance form enemies: 27:7 – 10
Hymnic lines in praise of God: 9:5 – 13; 10:8 – 12; 12:13 – 25; 23:8 – 9, 13 – 14; 26:5 – 14
A vow of innocence: 6:28 – 30; 16:17; 23:10 – 12; 27:2 – 6
Affirmation of trust in God: 16:19 – 22; 19:25 – 27; 23:6 – 7
Wisdom instruction: 12:7 – 12
Warning to friends: 17:5; 19:28 – 29
Disputation on the success of wicked: 21:2 – 33; 24:1 – 17 (followed by a curse on the wicked, 24:18 – 24, and a challenge to be proven wrong, 24:25)