This volume presents detailed commentary on Psalms 1-3, 6, 11, 13, 72, 81, 82, 88, 127, 137, and 149 as well as separate essays on the issue of the citations interlinking Ugaritic texts and psalms and on the political theology of monarchy. New insights from Ugaritology and the study of ancient Oriental civilizations and cultures are brought to bear on the poetic, philological, and theological interpretation of the Psalms.