22 GreGOrY T.K. WOnG works”, the precise content of that work remains unspecified. rather than having God’s general intervention in the world in mind, perhaps the psalmist was thinking more narrowly about the insight he has just gained from his recent experience. After all, twice within the psalm he has spoken of a desire to “recount” (rps). Apart from v. 28b, the other instance is in v. 15, where what he wanted to recount is also only vaguely stated as “thus” (wmk) 20. But in context, wmk likely refers to the psalmist’s complaints in vv. 13-14 and may even include his observations about the apparent prosperity of the wicked in vv. 4-12. If so, what the psalmist considered recounting midway through the psalm would be his observations and experiences up to that point, even though he ultimately refrained from doing so out of a reluctance to cause God’s people to stumble. now at the end of the psalm, the psalmist again speaks of recount- ing, only this time without any reservations on account of new insights gained. If the contrast between the two uses of rps is deliberate, then to the extent that the first rps concerns observations and experiences expressed in the first half of the psalm, the second most likely con- cerns corresponding insights and perspectives gained in the second half. If so, then the very composition of this psalm, and in particular the proclamation of God’s goodness in v. 1 that encapsulates the psalm’s primary testimony, would in a very real sense constitute a con- crete fulfilment of the vow made in v. 28b. still, when Douglas speaks of the joining of the beginning and the end in a ring, she is referring not simply to connections between the first and last clauses, but to connections between entire rhetorical units which she calls “sections” 21. Therefore to make a convincing case that the beginning and end of Psalm 73 are indeed connected to form a ring, one must broadly consider the introductory and concluding sections in their entirety. however, to do so, one must first determine the boundaries of these sections. Determining the boundaries of the concluding section is perhaps the easier task, as there seems to be general consensus that vv. 27-28 serve as the conclusion of the entire psalm 22. It is generally observed 20 For wmk, WeIser, Psalms, 505-506; KrAus, Psalms 60–150, 83-84, 87; AuFFreT, “Étude structurelle”, 245; nJB, among others, have chosen to emend the text to read ~hk “like them”. But evidence in support of the emendation is weak, and the MT makes good sense. 21 DOuGLAs, Thinking in Circles, 36-38. 22 To be sure, CLIFFOrD, Psalms 73–150, 16-17; TATe, Psalms 51–100, 232;