Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 25

This is a polyglot parallel-text display of biblical psalms, presenting four major textual traditions in side-by-side columns: the King James Version (KJV) with embedded Strong's concordance reference numbers, the Septuagint (ancient Greek, abbreviated "Sep"), the Hebrew Masoretic text (Tanakh, "Tan"), and the Latin Vulgate ("Vul"). The KJV and Hebrew columns present Psalm 25 — an acrostic petition attributed to David in which the speaker asks God for guidance along divine paths, mercy for youthful sins, deliverance from enemies, and instruction in the covenant — while the Septuagint and Vulgate columns present what Protestant tradition numbers as Psalm 26 (a plea for vindication grounded in the speaker's integrity and separation from the wicked), reflecting the well-known one-number offset between Masoretic and Greek/Latin psalm numbering systems. The document's distinctive feature is its layered scholarly apparatus: Strong's numbers embedded in the KJV enable direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew lexemes, making this primarily a tool for comparative textual study rather than devotional reading. It makes no interpretive argument of its own but implicitly invites readers to notice how key theological vocabulary — *hesed* (mercy/lovingkindness), the divine name, covenant, and the "way" of God — is rendered differently across traditions. It would be of interest to biblical scholars, translators, seminarians, or anyone engaged in original-language study of the Hebrew Bible's poetic texts.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 25

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