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|Text='''v. 1a''' – The definite article on הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת indicates the specific song of the specific ascents of the pilgrims to Jerusalem, as consistent with the superscriptions of the entire collection of Pss 120-134.<ref>With the exception of Ps 121's שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת, which, according to the Masoretic tradition, has a definite לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת nonetheless, though an indefinite song.</ref> This may refer to the collection of songs performed by those returning from exile, which later became regular processional liturgy (as suggested by [https://www.sefaria.org/Radak_on_Psalms.120.1.1?lang=bi Radak]). Nevertheless, since the construct dependent is definite, the entire construct chain must be read as definite, thus ''The Song of the Ascents''. GKC<ref> GKC§127e.</ref> suggest this may originally have been the title of the entire collection, only subsequently added to the beginning of each psalm individually. Thus we could supply the idea of ''[One of] the song[s] of the Ascents'', or, preferably, ''[Belonging to] the Song of the Ascents''.<ref>Despite this, most modern translations provide A song of Ascents, or something similar.</ref>
|Text='''v. 1a''' – The definite article on הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת indicates the specific song of the specific ascents of the pilgrims to Jerusalem, as consistent with the superscriptions of the entire collection of Pss 120-134.<ref>With the exception of Ps 121's שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת, in which, according to the Masoretic tradition, לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת is still definite nonetheless, though שִׁ֗יר is an indefinite song.</ref> This may refer to the collection of songs performed by those returning from exile, which later became regular processional liturgy (as suggested by [https://www.sefaria.org/Radak_on_Psalms.120.1.1?lang=bi Radak]). Nevertheless, since the construct dependent is definite, the entire construct chain must be read as definite, thus ''The Song of the Ascents''. GKC<ref> GKC§127e.</ref> suggest this may originally have been the title of the entire collection, only subsequently added to the beginning of each psalm individually. Thus we could supply the idea of ''[One of] the song[s] of the Ascents'', or, preferably, ''[Belonging to] the Song of the Ascents''.<ref>Despite this, most modern translations provide A song of Ascents, or something similar.</ref>
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v. 1a – The definite article on הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת indicates the specific song of the specific ascents of the pilgrims to Jerusalem, as consistent with the superscriptions of the entire collection of Pss 120-134.[1] This may refer to the collection of songs performed by those returning from exile, which later became regular processional liturgy (as suggested by Radak). Nevertheless, since the construct dependent is definite, the entire construct chain must be read as definite, thus The Song of the Ascents. GKC[2] suggest this may originally have been the title of the entire collection, only subsequently added to the beginning of each psalm individually. Thus we could supply the idea of [One of] the song[s] of the Ascents, or, preferably, [Belonging to] the Song of the Ascents.[3]

  1. ↑ With the exception of Ps 121's שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת, in which, according to the Masoretic tradition, לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת is still definite nonetheless, though שִׁ֗יר is an indefinite song.
  2. ↑ GKC§127e.
  3. ↑ Despite this, most modern translations provide A song of Ascents, or something similar.