{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa087_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa087_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa087_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/psa087.htm","summary":"This is a scholarly parallel-text presentation of biblical psalm material, displaying the same canonical reference point across four manuscript traditions side by side: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (Greek), the Tanakh (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate. The KJV and Hebrew columns present Psalm 87, a short, celebratory hymn to Zion declaring it the birthplace of all nations and the beloved city of God. The Septuagint and Vulgate columns, however, present what is actually Psalm 88 in Hebrew numbering \u2014 a stark lament attributed to Heman the Ezrahite, in which a sufferer cries out from near-death, abandoned by God and companions alike. The juxtaposition makes a textual-critical point: due to the well-known numbering discrepancy between the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint (where Psalms 9\u201310 are merged, shifting subsequent numbers), the same numeral points to entirely different psalms in different traditions. The document's distinctive value is this visual demonstration of how manuscript traditions diverge \u2014 not merely in wording but in identity \u2014 making it most useful to scholars, students, or readers interested in textual criticism, canon formation, or comparative biblical studies rather than devotional reading.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 87","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":728}