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Degrees, Song of: Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-133
inclusive. The probable origin of this name is the circumstance that
these psalms came to be sung by the people on the ascents or goings up
to Jerusalem to attend the three great festivals
(Deuteronomy 16:16) They were
well fitted for being sung by the way from their peculiar form, and
from the sentiments they express. "They are characterized by brevity,
by a key-word, by epanaphora [i.e, repetition], and by their
epigrammatic style. More than half of them are cheerful, and all of
them hopeful." They are sometimes called "Pilgrim Songs." Four of them
were written by David, one
(Psalms 127:1) by Solomon, and the rest are
anonymous.
