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Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 9

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This is a parallel-text scholarly presentation of Psalm 9 (and its continuation into what the Hebrew Bible calls Psalm 10), displayed simultaneously in four versions: the King James Version with interlinear Strong's Concordance numbers, the Greek Septuagint, the Masoretic Hebrew (Tanakh), and the Latin Vulgate. The psalm is a Davidic hymn of thanksgiving and petition in the lament-praise tradition, opening with praise for God's past acts of judgment against enemies before pivoting to an urgent plea for renewed intervention. Its central theological argument is that God is a righteous judge who defends the poor and oppressed against wicked oppressors, that the wicked will ultimately be ensnared by their own schemes, and that the needy will not be forgotten forever. The extended Greek and Latin versions (which treat what Protestants call Psalms 9–10 as a single poem) include a vivid portrait of the wicked person as a predatory lion who tells himself "God has forgotten," setting up the climactic call for God to "arise" and vindicate the orphan and humble. The distinctive scholarly value of this presentation lies in its direct juxtaposition of the versification difference between traditions: the Hebrew and KJV end at verse 21, while the Septuagint and Vulgate continue to verse 39, illustrating the well-known psalm-numbering divergence between Jewish/Protestant and Catholic/Orthodox canons. This would be most useful to someone studying textual criticism, comparative liturgical traditions, or the theology of divine justice in the Psalms.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 9

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