Chapter 120

2021 - No previous notes on this Psalm.

A song of ascents.

This is one of fifteen Psalms that many believe were repeated as worshipers went up the steps to the Temple. There are 15 Psalms, but there are 27 steps at one end and 31 steps at the other.

120 has 7 verses, 121 has 8, 122 has 9, 123 has 4, and 124 has 8.  So that's 36 in all. So none of that really works out exactly.  I found this:  https://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/09/19/the-southern-steps-of-the-temple-mount/

It says that it may have been the Levites, not the worshipers, who sang these songs as the people came in.  It also says this might have been done not on the Southern Steps, but on the steps from the Court of the Women to the Court of Israel.  There were/are 15 steps here.

This is a psalm seeking deliverance from lying and deceit.  It asks for deliverance from living among those who prefer war to peace.