Next, imagine our psalm-cluster as a sequence of scenes in a film. As the “camera” moves through the verses, notice the spatial plot dynamic. In Psalm 126, the camera glimpses a return to Zion, irrigation of the Negeb (dry southern region of Israel), and a field of grain. Psalm 127 starts in the house, and moves to the city, ending up in the “gates” of the city (the place for legal proceedings). Psalm 128 has a similar spatial trajectory—from the house, to Zion/Jerusalem.
