Song of Ascents

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Song of Ascents is a group of fifteen psalms (Psalms 120–134) traditionally associated with pilgrimages to Jerusalem and characterized by themes of trust, worship, and dependence on God.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Song of Ascents canonical 3
Songs of Ascents 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical text category ⓘ
group of psalms ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pilgrim Psalms ⓘ
Songs of Degrees ⓘ
Songs of Steps ⓘ
associatedWith Jerusalem ⓘ
Temple worship ⓘ
pilgrim festivals ⓘ
attributedTo David (some psalms) ⓘ
linked to: King David

Solomon (some psalms) ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Judaism ⓘ
canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
containsPsalm Psalm 120 ⓘ
Psalm 121 ⓘ
Psalm 122 ⓘ
Psalm 123 ⓘ
Psalm 124 ⓘ
Psalm 125 ⓘ
Psalm 126 ⓘ
Psalm 127 ⓘ
Psalm 128 ⓘ
Psalm 129 ⓘ
Psalm 130 ⓘ
Psalm 131 ⓘ
Psalm 132 ⓘ
Psalm 133 ⓘ
Psalm 134 ⓘ
foundIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
liturgicalUse Christian worship ⓘ
Jewish prayer services ⓘ
numberOfParts 15 ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalBookRange Psalms 120–134 ⓘ
structureFeature poetic parallelism ⓘ
short psalms ⓘ
theme Zion ⓘ
blessing ⓘ
community ⓘ
dependence on God ⓘ
pilgrimage to Jerusalem ⓘ
protection ⓘ
trust in God ⓘ
worship of God ⓘ
titleOrigin superscription "A Song of Ascents" in Hebrew text ⓘ
traditionalUse songs for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalm 131 → classification → Song of Ascents ⓘ
Psalm 129 → liturgicalCategory → Song of Ascents ⓘ
Psalm 130 → liturgicalCategory → Song of Ascents ⓘ
Psalm 122 → collection → Songs of Ascents ⓘ
linked to: Song of Ascents