Machine generated contents note: 1.0. Introduction to the Study -- 1.1. Book 5 in Recent Scholarship -- 1.2. Foreign Nations as the Enemies in the Psalter -- 1.3. Summary -- 2.0. Introduction -- 2.1. Cyrus and the Origins of an Empire -- 2.2. Timeless Attitudes in the Achaemenid Imperial Ideology -- 2.3. Dissemination of Imperial Ideology -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 3.0. Introduction -- 3.1. Psalm 107 -- 3.2. Psalms 108-110: The Opening Davidic Collection -- 3.3. Hallel Psalms -- 3.4. Conclusion -- 4.0. Introduction -- 4.1. Psalms of Ascents -- 4.2. Psalm 137: Recalling the Power of Empire -- 4.3. Psalms within the Final Davidic Collection -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 5.0. Introduction -- 5.1. Chief Tenets of Zion Theology and the Notion of Power -- 5.2. Yahweh as the God of Heaven -- 5.3. Hand of Yahweh and the Nearness of God -- 5.4. Role of Zion in Book 5 -- 5.5. Psalm 143 and the Kingship of Yahweh -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 6.0. Introduction -- 6.1. Rejection of Human Power as the Source of Deliverance -- 6.2. Theology of the Poor in Book 5 -- 6.3. Conclusion: The Poor Servant and Its Implications -- 7.0. Introduction -- 7.1. Psalms 146-150: An Extension of Themes -- 7.2. Conclusion
