<Li> entrance and prophetic liturgies; and </Li> <Li> a group of mixed psalms which could not be assigned to any category . </Li> <P> The composition of the psalms spans at least five centuries, from Psalm 29, possibly an Israelite adaptation of an entire Canaanite hymn to Baal, to others clearly from the post-Exilic period (not earlier than the fifth century B.C.) The majority originated in the southern kingdom of Judah and were associated with the Temple in Jerusalem, where they probably functioned as libretto during the Temple worship . Exactly how they did this is unclear, although there are indications in some of them: "Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar," suggests a connection with sacrifices, and "Let my prayer be counted as incense" suggests a connection with the offering of incense . </P> <P> The biblical poetry of Psalms uses parallelism as its primary poetic device . Parallelism is a kind of symmetry, in which an idea is developed by the use of restatement, synonym, amplification, grammatical repetition, or opposition . Synonymous parallelism involves two lines expressing essentially the same idea . An example of synonymous parallelism: </P>

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