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Chapter 6: Composition of Psalms 3-8The rows containing bold text represent the most striking elements. Eventhough each of these points has been noted previously, a few observationsare in order about these rows because Table 6.10 illustrates the points moregraphically than the preceding discussions.• Row 21 וִ‏ ד)‏ ‏(דָ‏ shows graphically that all six psalms belong to a Davidiccollection. This is clearly a collection of Davidic psalms. The ascription2000). provided the first criterion of collection (McFall לְ‏ דָ‏ וִ‏ ד• Row 46 זְ‏ מוש)‏ ‏(מִ‏ shows that it is also primarily a collection of poemsbelonging to the מִ‏ זְ‏ מוש genre. This draws special attention to Psalm 7,the only exception, and requires an explanation of its presence in thegroup (see §6.2.1 and §6.2.2 for my explanation).• Row 53 קַ‏ ח)‏ ‏(נָ‏ indicates that Psalms 4-6 and 8 belonged to the musicdirector’s collection. Psalms 3 and 7 did not belong to this collection(see §6.1 for my explanation).• Rows 26 מַ‏ ע)‏ 82 ‏,(חסד)‏ ‏(שָ‏ and 84 ‏(ץלל)‏ contain common roots that occuronly in Psalms 4-6, strengthening the hypothesis that these threepsalms were a pre-existing trio from the music director’s collection (see§6.2.3 for my explanation).268