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Summary: Applying cognitive linguistics to the text of Ps 151 is indispensable for our understanding of the
|song. Studying the author’s use of ‘spatial’ and ‘bodily’ markers such as ‘small’, ‘brothers’, ‘hands’, ‘head’,
|and a few other spatial features makes it possible to reconstruct the narrative into a ‘cognitive spatial and
|bodily framework’. In this particular exegetical framework, Ps 151 can be described as a conflict raging
|between an earthly authority / power and the God of Israel. Through this conflict David is recreated as a
|vessel or embodiment of God’s authority. During the process of recreation David is elevated from a humanspace
|structural environment to partake in God’s god-space. In the conflict between God and the earthly
|powers, God’s god-space is invaded and threatened. According to this psalm, God Himself takes action and
|recreates David as a vessel to restore his authority and order on earth.