“... Th e third part of the template as seen in the Baal Cycle involves the mythology of Baal’s confl ict with Death and the underworld. Th ere is some mythology of Death in the Psalms ( DDD 598–603), but unlike the Baal-Mot confl ict in the Baal Cycle, it is not represented as a matter of confl ict between Yahweh and Death personifi ed. Still some imagery for Death in the Psalms (141:7; cf. Isa. 5:14; Hab. 2:5; Prov. 1:12; 27:20; 30:15–16) echoes the traditional language found in the Baal Cycle: “One lip to the earth, one lip to the heavens; . . . his tongue to the stars. Baal must enter inside him; he must go down into his mouth” (KTU 1.5 II 2–5, SAC 141; cf. KTU 1.23.61–63, SAC 165). Th is mythic image of the cosmic enemy’s ravenous mouth is transferred to descriptions of human enemies (Ps. 73:9; cf. Isa 9:19). Another image of Death represents him as a shepherd leading people to the underworld (Ps. 49:15[14]); this metaphor has been read in light of the warning not to get too close to Death so that he not take “like a lamb in his mouth” (KTU 1.4 VIII 14–20, SAC 138). Th e Psalter shows considerable underworld imagery that is paralleled in the Baal-Mot section of the Baal Cycle. One example from this vast subject (Tromp 1969) may illustrate: the Pit is a metaphor for the underworld (e.g., KTU 1.4 VIII 12, SAC 138; Ps 88:5[4] ), an image that may have been drawn from pit burials. ...”