a single line, and accounts for the large variety in line lengths, from very short to very long. 2. PARALLELISM. Most of the psalms are built around the structure of parallelism, which is the rhyming of ideas rather than words. Here are some major ones: a. Synonymous. The second line repeats the truth of the first line, in similar words. Example: The earth is the LORD’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it (24:1). b. Antithetic. The thought of the first line is emphasized by
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