ends in verse 29 with a call to the community to celebrate the “steadfast love” of the LORD. The central section in verses 5–21, however, contains the thanksgiving of an individual, probably the king or some other representative of the community. It also presupposes a festal procession to the Jerusalem temple, with a question and answer session at the gate into the temple courts (vv. 19–20) similar to what we have seen in Psalms 15 and 24. The culmination of the procession seems to involve a ritual
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