Exegesis of the Psalms – Songs of Ascents: Psalm 121:5-8 Happy fall feast season! This post is a continuation of the exegesis of psalm 121. It's a little long winded but hopefully a thoughtful read! In this post we will spend a good amount of time pouring over the expressions in each of the verses. We will also spend some time looking at the concept of eternity. We can see the poem consists of 16 lines, 8 verses, 4 tetrastich. And it seems that I'm suggesting the poet is using a lot of words to basically say 2 declarations. But that's my opinion and it might change by the end of this post. The main purpose of these exegetic studies is to identify figures of speech that give us indications for a better understanding of each line in itself and in relation to each other. And then we want to find scripture that backs that up. We may find scripture that disagrees with it along the way. From here each individual can decide for themselves what is being said. By now t he poem ha