{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa036_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa036_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa036_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/psa036.htm","summary":"This is a scholarly parallel-text resource presenting two adjacent psalms (Psalm 36 and Psalm 37) across four major biblical textual traditions simultaneously: the King James Version (with embedded Strong's concordance numbers for lexical reference), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Tanakh (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate. The side-by-side layout reflects the one-digit numbering offset between the Hebrew/Protestant tradition and the Greek/Latin traditions, making it a tool for textual comparison rather than devotional reading. The psalms themselves form a thematic pair: Psalm 36 contrasts the inner corruption of the wicked \u2014 who have no fear of God and scheme on their beds \u2014 with soaring praise of God's cosmic attributes (lovingkindness vast as the heavens, righteousness like great mountains), culminating in a plea for divine protection. Psalm 37 addresses the same moral tension from a wisdom perspective, counseling the righteous not to envy the wicked's apparent prosperity, since evildoers will vanish like smoke while the meek will inherit the land \u2014 a theme later echoed in the Sermon on the Mount. The distinctive value of this presentation lies in enabling direct cross-tradition comparison of vocabulary and nuance at the verse level, particularly useful for scholars interested in how the Septuagint translators rendered Hebrew idioms or where the Vulgate diverges from both.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 36","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1413}