This is the first of fifteen psalms Ps. 120–134 to each of which is
prefixed the title “A Song of Degrees.” Four of these psalms are
ascribed to David, one of them to Solomon, and the rest are by unkn...
The Psalmist begins by recalling his past experience of answered
prayer (1): he prays that he may be delivered from the intrigues of
unscrupulous enemies and that just retribution may be meted out to...
CXX.
This is the first of the fifteen “songs of degrees,” as the title
appears in our version (“of steps” in the LXX. and Vulg.;
literally, _of goings up_). The probable meaning of this strange
inscri...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 120
A SONG OF DEGREES. This psalm, and the fourteen following, are called
"songs of degrees", or "ascents" o; for what reason it is not easy to
say. Some think it refers to the...
_A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058._
This Psalm, with each of the fourteen which follow, is entitled A
song of degrees, or, of ascensions; but it is very uncertain for what
reason. “The more general opinion,” say...