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Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 116

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This is a parallel-column scriptural text presenting two adjacent psalms across four ancient and modern textual traditions: the King James Version (KJV) in English, the Septuagint (Sep) in Greek, the Tanakh (Tan) in Hebrew, and the Latin Vulgate (Vul). The main body is Psalm 116, a first-person psalm of thanksgiving in which the speaker declares love for the LORD after being delivered from death and distress, vowing to repay divine beneficence through public worship and sacrifice. The KJV text is annotated throughout with Strong's Concordance reference numbers, marking it as a tool for serious lexical or theological study rather than devotional reading alone. The shorter adjacent text (two verses in the Sep and Vul columns) corresponds to Psalm 117, the briefest psalm in the canon, a universal call for all nations to praise the LORD. The juxtaposition across traditions highlights textual variants and versification differences between the Hebrew and Greek/Latin traditions—a concern central to comparative biblical scholarship, liturgical study, or interconfessional theological work. A reader would engage this text to study the psalms in their original and early translated forms simultaneously, rather than to encounter any novel argument or interpretation.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 116

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