{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa054_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa054_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa054_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/psa054.htm","summary":"This is a polyglot Bible \u2014 a parallel-text scholarly edition presenting Psalms simultaneously in four canonical versions: the King James Version (English, with Strong's concordance numbers), the Septuagint (Greek), the Masoretic/Tanakh text (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate. The KJV and Hebrew columns present Psalm 54, a brief seven-verse lament attributed to David amid the threat of the Ziphites informing Saul of his whereabouts, which pivots quickly from a cry for divine rescue to confident praise. The Septuagint and Vulgate columns present what those traditions number as Psalm 54 (corresponding to KJV Psalm 55), a longer and more anguished lament featuring the famous wish for \"wings like a dove\" to flee to the wilderness, a bitter complaint about a treacherous close friend, and the consolation \"cast thy burden upon the Lord.\" The juxtaposition across columns is itself the scholarly argument: it makes visible the longstanding numbering divergence between the Hebrew/Protestant tradition and the Greek/Latin traditions (rooted in the LXX merging Psalms 9\u201310), showing that a reader citing \"Psalm 54\" reaches entirely different texts depending on which Bible they hold. This format is primarily a reference tool for textual critics, translators, or theologians comparing the ancient witnesses to the Psalter rather than a work advancing a single interpretive thesis.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 54","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":924}