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As against traditional cultic and sociological interpretations of the ''I'' Psalms, this original study stresses the ''I'' as a literary figure. Yet on the other hand, the historical interest of the traditional models is retained, here with emphasis on ''original'' function and intent. There is a common set of central motifs related to the ''I''-figure, most easily discernible when referring to categories of locality. The ''I'' is depicted in a sacred landscape of contrasting localities-''Sheol'' and ''Temple'' connected by the concept of ''Way''. This motif structure deploys an ideological language in which the ''I'' figure is an embodiment of a religious paradigm, that attests a process of actualization and integration. The religiosity of these texts is of a mystical character, pointing to some religious practice of intense personal character aimed at experience of a divine reality. No doubt the social location of such experience was among the elite, but some texts hint at a possible ''democratization'' of the religious practice they portray.