 These are songs that the Jewish pilgrims would sing as they were on their way up to Jerusalem. That's why it's called Ascent. Jerusalem was on a hill. And as they would ascend up to Jerusalem three times a year for their national feast, they would sing. They would sing psalms. They would sing praise to the Lord. They would sing their prayers. And this is one of those prayers that they would sing. Now, the setting for this particular psalm is probably after the Babylonian captivity.