Notice that the cola (plural of colon) correspond: “to give thanks to the LORD” corresponds with “to sing praises to the Most High.” This correspondence is the essence of parallelism, which is discussed in detail below. For now, we can define a line as one complete parallelistic expression of thought.10 While most lines are made up of two cola, some contain three. We call such a line a tricolon. Psalm 112:9–10 provides two clear examples. They [the righteous] share freely and give generously to those