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Psalm 121 is the 121st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help”.
The Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883–859 BC) built a temple to Mamu, possibly the god of dreams, at Imgur-Enlil, near Kalhu. [4] The later Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (reigned 668– c. 627 BC) had a dream during a desperate military situation in which his divine patron, the goddess Ishtar , appeared to him and promised that she ...
God: The term God is capitalized in the English language as if it were a proper noun but without an object because it is in linguistics a boundless enigma as is the mathematical concept of infinity. God is used to refer to a specific monotheistic concept of a supernatural Supreme Being in accordance with the tradition of Abrahamic religions.
Canadian singer the Weeknd references this prayer in his song "Big Sleep" from his 2025 album Hurry Up Tomorrow, where featured artist Giorgio Moroder recites the lines "Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the Lord my soul to keep, angels watch me through the night, wake me up with light" in the second verse. [12] Film and television
Psalm 126 expresses the themes of redemption and joy and gratitude to God. According to Matthew Henry , it was likely written upon the return of the Israelites from Babylonian captivity . In Henry's view, the psalm was written either by Ezra , who led the nation at that time, or by one of the Jewish prophets . [ 2 ]
The Dream Book, iškar d Zaqīqu (“core text of the god Zaqīqu”), is an eleven tablet compendium of oneiromancy written in Akkadian. Tablets two to nine form the manual of deductive divination, while tablets one, ten and eleven provide rituals to alleviate bad dreams. Zaqīqu, which means "spirit" or "ghost," is a name of the dream god.
Descriptions of dreams provide hints of the guiding power of the godlike Valar, transcending ordinary reality. [17] [18] Paul Kocher writes that Frodo's visions "set him apart as unusual even before he leaves the Shire". [19] He dreams of the Misty Mountains, the direction he needs to take to begin his quest.
If ever I dreamed of my dead name High in the heart of London, unsurpassed By Time for ever, and the Fugitive, Fame, There seeking a long sanctuary at last, I better that; and recollect with shame How once I longed to hide it from life's heats Under those holy cypresses, the same That shade always the quiet place of Keats,