Alcune osservazioni sulla conclusione del Salmo 89 545 trovando espressione anche nei libri quarto (cfr. Sal 101) e quinto (cfr. Sal 110; 132; 144). Via L. Ghiberti 2 Gianni BARBIERO 00153 Roma SUMMARY The petition (vv. 47-52) and the final blessing (v. 53) which conclude Ps 89 are not additions to the original psalm, as often held. While these verses indeed join Ps 89 to the surrounding psalms and to the Psalter as a whole, they are also clo- sely connected with the rest of the psalm itself, which without them, would lack certain basic elements for its understanding. Verses 47-53 go beyond the com- plaint of vv. 39-46 to conclude Ps 89 on a note of hope. The anger of YHWH cannot last forever, because his fidelity to the promise he made to David lasts fo- rever. These considerations serve to moderate an exclusively theocratic and de- mocratic interpretation of the Psalter, restoring attention to the messianic dimen- sion as such.