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The choice of Yahweh as refuge makes a unique and creative contribution to an emerging direction in Psalms study: the shape and shaping of the Psalter. Building especially on the work of Gerald Wilson, James Mays, Klaus Seybold and Gerald Sheppard, Creach provides an abundance of helpful data and advances the discussion significantly with his judicious interpretation of the root hsh (“to seek...

individuals are wise and ‘fortunate’ (Ps. 2:12) because they live in complete trust and humility. Conclusion Although it is possible, and indeed helpful, to show the uniqueness of particular terms in the ḥāsâ field (i.e. ḥāsâ = ‘seek shelter’; bāṭaḥ = ‘trust inwardly’; qāwâ = ‘expect’), it is equally interesting to note how such a diverse vocabulary has grown together. The terminology listed here seems to have amalgamated into a virtual symphony of communication of Yahweh as protector and
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