Psalm 122:3-4 (Literal Translation):"Jerusalem, built as a city that is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up, the tribes of YHWH, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of YHWH."
Context: Tradition credits this psalm to Solomon.
By examining the Baal Myth, readers can better recognize the echoes of these elements in biblical passages such as the Psalms, the Prophets, Genesis, and Exodus.
This imagery reflects Psalm 29, which describes the power and majesty of Yahweh, paralleling Canaanite depictions of Baal.
The journey evokes imagery from the Psalms, where descending into the earth symbolizes death.
Psalm 82, for example, speaks to the mortality of those who claim divinity, a theme mirrored in Baal's realization of his mortality in the face of Mot's power.
Anath's grief echoes the biblical imagery of drinking tears and mourning deeply, as seen in Psalm 80.
Biblical Reference: Psalm 3:3 - "But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high."
Biblical Reference: Psalm 18:2 - "The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."Alternative: "Adonai is my stronghold and my fortress, my deliverer; my divine protectors are my refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my secure stronghold."
Psalm 78:24 - It mentions that God rained down manna for the people to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
Psalm 82 is the strongest biblical “assembly of elohim” text:
Source: Sefaria, Psalm 82:1.
Source: Sefaria, Psalm 82:6–7.
What Psalm 82 supports is gods or divine beings under judgment in a council setting.
Hebrew Elohim plus Psalm 82 give me a clean textual answer to what Elohim means and why council language appears.
It can also mean gods or divine beings, as in Psalm 82’s divine assembly.
Understanding the Divine Council: Psalm 82 Elohim council spine.
The second appears in other passages, such as Isaiah 26:14, Psalms 88:11, Proverbs 9:18 and Isaiah 14:9.
“I find that to show the true perspective it is sufficient, for example, to take Psalm 82 which clearly speaks of an assembly of the elohim.”
The Eden Conspiracy reads physical appearance from Psalm 18 and II Samuel 22, where King David describes “YHWH my Powerful One”:
In Psalm 18 and II Samuel 22 King David gives a detailed physical description of “YHWH my Powerful One.” He describes smoke arising from YHWH’s ap – a word which means nostrils or snout – and fire coming from YHWH’s mouth.