“... Th e name of ‘Athtart let my voice sing, may I praise the name of the lion. O name, may you be victorious over . . . may you (or, she) shut the jaw of El’s attackers. A great panther is ‘Athtart, a great panther that pounces. Th is hymnic piece consists of three parallel bicola. Th e combination of the parallel verbs to sing and praise in the fi rst bicolon is regular in biblical psalms (e.g., 101:1; 104:33; cf. 18:49; Pardee 2012: 82–83). Just as praise of ‘Athtart’s name marks the fi rst bicolon of her hymn, so praise of Yahweh’s name serves in the opening of Psalm 29: “Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.” Praise of the divine name is an important feature in the frame of Psalm 8 (Ps. 8:2[1]  = 8:10[9]) and for the closing of Psalm 18 (in v. 50[49]). Similarly, blessing of the divine name opens Psalm 103. In the Ugaritic hymn, the god- dess is compared to a lion and a panther. While such an image for Yahweh can be found outside of the Psalter (Hos. 13:8), this biblical book uses lion imagery for enemies who attack the speaker (e.g., Pss. 7:3[2], 10:9; 17:12; 22:14[13], 22[21]). ...”