Book IV
1. Hebrews 4:7 ascribes this psalm to David. The NIV and NASB both read “through David,” while the KJV and NKJV both read “in David,” that is, “in the Psalter.” This is the preferable translation.
Book V
1. Some students connect these “degrees” with the ten degrees on King Hezekiah’s sundial (Isa. 38:8; 2 Kings 20:9–10). See Old Testament Problems by J. W. Thirtle (Morgan & Scott, 1916); appendix 67 of The Companion Bible; and chapter 10 of Mark These Men by J. Sidlow Baxter. There are some interesting parallels between Isa. 36—38 and Ps. 120—134, but modern evangelical scholarship has not accepted Thirtle’s interesting theory. *
2. Eugene H. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000), 12.
3. Leo Trepp, The Complete Book of Jewish Observance (Springfield, NJ: Behrman, 1980), 217.
4. See chapters 13—15 of my book Real Worship: Playground, Battleground or Holy Ground? (Baker Books) for a more detailed discussion of Satan’s desire for worship.