In June 2009, Bono said that although nine tracks had been completed for " Songs of Ascent ", the album would only be released if its quality surpassed that of " No Line on the Horizon ".
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"' Song of Ascents "'is a title given to fifteen of the Psalms, 120 134 ( 119 133 in the Septuagint and the Vulgate ), each starting with the ascription Shir Hama'aloth (, meaning " Song of the Ascents " ).
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During the five-and-a-half-year gestation period for " Songs of Innocence " the longest gap between albums of their career the group reportedly worked on three separate projects with multiple producers, including an aborted companion to their previous record called " Songs of Ascent ".
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Five of these early collections can be suggested : the Korahite collection ( Pss 42-49 ), the Asaph collection ( Pss 78-83 ), the Enthronement collection ( Pss 96-99 ), the Hallelujah collection ( Pss 111-118 ) and the Songs of Ascent ( Pss 120-134 ).
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Rabbi Yohanan said : " This righteous man [ Honi ] was troubled throughout the whole of his life concerning the meaning of the verse,'A Song of Ascents : When the Lord brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like dreamers .'[ Honi asked ] Is it possible for seventy years to be like a dream?
