periods of Israel’s experiences. Or, we could say it was written later during the post-exilic period by someone who wanted to write it in the way that Moses would have written it to make connections with the past. The second view seems unnecessarily contrived. There is no more appropriate setting for the writing of this psalm than the time when a whole generation would die by God’s wrath against sin, and the next generation would sense the need to seek God’s favor, learn how to live wisely, and submit