- Why would one lift the eyes to the mountains — who/what, according to the idolaters dwelt there?
- The Psalmist discovers that it is not mountains and the dwelling places of the godlets, but to whom should one look?
- In the passage reading “al” with a different pointing it would read “eyl” — namely, that the “eylim”, the godlets will not help?
- Instead, from whence does help really come (Psalms 121:4-7)?
- Who, then, is the protector?
- Since the Psalmist began by looking to the mountains and ends differently, is it possible that this was a Psalm by a choosing Jew (convert)?
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