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Chapter 4: Analysis of Psalms 3-8my God”). The point is that Yahweh has proved himself to be a dependablemilitary deliverer, disarming the wicked to defend the innocent.Aside from the expressly military terminology considered above, “answer”315:36:2, v. 5) occurs 36 times in the Psalter, but only in 3:5 and 4:2 in ‏,ףָ‏ נָ‏ ה)‏the limited corpus under study here. The phrase “holy mountain” ש רֹדֶ‏ ש)‏ ‏,הַ‏ v. 5)occurs in 2:6, 3:5, 15:1, [24:3], 43:3, 48:1 and 87:1 (plural). Interestingly,Chafer (1942:22; emphasis in original) claimed that “the phrase, the mountainof God is, in its Old Testament usage, the seat of God’s authority (cf. Exod4:27; Pss 2:6; 3:4; 43:3; 68:15; Isa 2:2; 11:9),” which would imply that it toocarries military connotations. “But you” אַ‏ ָ ה)‏ ‏,וְ‏ v. 4) occurs 194 times in the OldTestament, 16 in the Psalter, of which 14 refer to the Lord; seven timesYahweh is explicit (i.e., “and you Lord”, אַ‏ ָ ה יְהוָ‏ ה ‏,(וְ‏ including Psalms 3:4 and6:4. “Sleep” ‏,יָשַ‏ ן)‏ 16:5:2, v. 6) occurs in Psalms 3:6, 4:9, 13:4, 44:24 and121:4. The related term “to lie down” ‏,שָ‏ כַ‏ ב)‏ 212:6:2, v. 6) is far more common,yet occurs only six times in the Book of Psalms. The combination of שָ‏ כַ‏ ב and“to lie down and sleep”, occurs only five times in the Hebrew Bible and, in ‏,יָשַ‏ ןthe Psalter, only in 3:6 and 4:9.103