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Part 1 Exegesis of Psalm 121:1-4 song of ascent

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I felt compelled to exegete this psalm after reading a translation that was so wrong. The writer had taken everything quite literally and I had to do something with my flabbergast. Dear reader, you may notice I refer back to some incorrect understanding of the psalm from time to time. Yet it is reasonable to take this psalm somewhat at face value. This psalm is a song of ascent. It was sung by pilgrim as a prayer/petition for being kept safe on the journey of ascent to Jerusalem. And the highway to Jerusalem was a dangerous road. Traveling along it posed many dangers such as heat stroke, physical distress, thieves and wild animals etc. However, the psalms of ascent were not originally written specifically for the pilgrimages.  Most of the psalms are said to have been written in the pre-exilic era between 1000-580 BC.  73 of the 150 psalms are attributed to David, of which are the songs of ascent. If David is our author, then we can narrow down the time it would have been ...
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