graceful beauty of the Songs it contains. One of them, indeed, a Spaniard, has declared with Southern fervour, “that this collection is to the rest of the Psalms what Paradise was to the rest of the world.” Yet, despite their common admiration of the beauty of these Songs, the Commentators differ much as to the meaning of the title which covers them all, and the purpose they were intended to serve. Literally rendered, “A Song of Degrees” means “A Song of the Ascents,” or “A Song of the Goings-up.”