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Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 31

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This is a parallel-text biblical scripture resource displaying the same psalm(s) simultaneously across four manuscript traditions: the King James Version (with embedded Strong's concordance numbers), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Masoretic Hebrew (Tanakh), and the Latin Vulgate. The KJV and Hebrew columns present Psalm 31, a Davidic lament in which the speaker cries out from severe distress — described vividly as physical wasting, social ostracism, and encirclement by enemies — while professing absolute trust in God and committing his spirit into divine hands. The Greek and Latin columns present what is numbered Psalm 32 in those traditions (a numbering difference between Hebrew and Greek/Latin Bibles), a penitential psalm on the blessedness of divine forgiveness and the relief of confessing sin. The distinctive feature of the text is its interlinear-style scholarly apparatus: the KJV column embeds Strong's Hebrew lexicon numbers after nearly every word, making the resource useful for word-level textual comparison across traditions rather than devotional reading. Someone seeking a devotional encounter with a single psalm will find the format dense and disorienting; someone doing comparative textual, translation, or linguistic study of the Psalter will find the multi-tradition layout directly useful.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 31

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