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[[File:Psalm 8 Structure.jpg|thumb|Structure of Psalm 8]] :Prelude (v.2ab) ::Section 1 (vv.2c-3c) ::Section 2 (vv.4-5) ::Section 3 (vv.6-7) ::Section 4 (vv.8-9) :Postlude (v.10) OR :First two lines (''Inclusio'', 2ab) ::Stanza A (2c-3) ::Stanza B (4-9) :Last two lines (''Inclusio'', 10) These two proposals are not necessarily contradictory. One may maintain a four-part structure (1st proposal) while asserting that the strongest division in the psalm is between vv.3-4 (2nd proposal). These structures have been harmonized in the diagram to the right. Keil and Delitzsch object to grouping v.2c with the first strophe in the body of the poem on the grounds that "אשׁר is not rightly adapted to begin a strophe."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000EC3-QINU`"' However, while "beginning a strophe with the word אשׁר is uncommon... it does happen elsewhere: Pss. 71:20, 89:22a, and 105:9a."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000EC4-QINU`"' There is good reason to think that it happens here as well (see the argument [[#Line divisions|above]]).  +
masculine plural ending ים at the end of lines 1b, 4a, 5b, 6a  +
no negative markers in this psalm  +
see [[#Subject change|below]]  +
see [[#Subject change|below]]  +
v.5b</br> v.6ab  +
vv.5b-6ab '''v.5b.''' אִמְרוּ בִלְבַבְכֶם עַל־מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם וְדֹמּוּ *position: middle line of the psalm *length: longest line in the psalm (12 syllables) *imperatives (2x) *figurative language: idiom (אמרו בלבבכם) *evocative language (silence, beds, nighttime, darkness) *lexical recursion: nearly every word/root in this line (אמר, לבב, שׁכב) recurs in the following lines (אמר v.7a, לבב v.8a, שׁכב v.9a) '''v.6ab.''' זִבְחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק // וּבִטְחוּ אֶל־יְהוָה *position: center of the psalm's structure (see below); the pivotal verse between section 3 (vv.4-5) and section 5 (vv.7-8) *lexically connected to the first (צדק) and final (בטח) lines of the psalm *repetition of זבח *repetition of חוּ– *imperatives *terseness *reference to Yahweh  +
{| |- | 1a || '''גוים''' || || || || || || || || || |- | 1b || || || || || || || || || || |- | 2a || || <big>'''מלך'''</big> || <big>'''ארץ'''</big> || || || || || || || |- | 2b || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 2c || || || || על || <span style="color:#FF0000"><big>'''יהוה'''</big></span> || || || || || || |- | 3a || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 3b || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 4a || || || || || || ב || || || || || |- | 4b || || || || || || || ל || || || || |- | 5a || || || || || || ב || || אל || <big>'''אף'''</big> || || |- | 5b || || || || || || ב || || || || || |- | 6a || || <big>'''מלך'''</big> || || || || || || || || אני || |- | 6b || || || || על || || || || || || || |- | 7a || || || || || <span style="color:#FF0000"><big>'''יהוה'''</big></span> || || || אל || || || |- | 7b || || || || || || || || אל || || || |- | 7c || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 7d || || || || || || || || || || אני || |- | 8a || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 8b || '''גוים''' || || || || || || || || || || |- | 8c || || || <big>'''ארץ'''</big> || || || || || || || || |- | 9a || || || || || || ב || || || || || |- | 9b || || || || || || || || || || || כ |- | 10a || || <big>'''מלך'''</big> || || || || || || || || || |- | 10b || || || <big>'''ארץ'''</big> || || || || || || || || || |- | 11a || || || || || <span style="color:#FF0000"><big>'''יהוה'''</big></span> || ב || || || || || |- | 11b || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 12a || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 12b || || || || || || || || || <big>'''אנף'''</big> || || |- | 12c || || || || || || || || || || || |- | 12d || || || || || || || || || <big>'''אף'''</big> || || כ |- | 12e || || || || || || ב || || || || || |}  +
{| class="wikitable" |+ '''Noun Morphology''' |- ! Verse !! Noun !! Category !! Gender !! Number !! Suffix !! "Declension" !! Definiteness !! Root |- | 1 (ss) || מִזְמוֹר || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || זמר |- | || לְדָוִד || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || * || |- | || מִפְּנֵי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || cs.|| || פנה |- | || אַבְשָׁלוֹם || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || * || |- | || בְּנֽוֹ || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 3ms || abs. || * || בן |- | 2a || יְהוָה || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> || * || |- | || צָרָי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || 1cs || abs || * || צרר |- | 2b || רַבִּ֗ים || adj || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || abs. || || רבב |- | 3a || רַבִּ֗ים || adj || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || abs. || || רבב |- | || לְנַפְשִׁי || common || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || * || נפשׁ |- | 3b ||<span style="background:yellow"> יְשׁוּעָתָה </span> || abstract ||<span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || || abs. || || ישׁע |- | || בֵאלֹהִים || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || abs. || || אלה |- | 4a || יְהוָה || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> || * || |- | || מָגֵן || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || גנן |- | 4b || כְּ֜בוֹדִי || abstract || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || * || כבד |- | || רֹאשִי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || * || ראשׁ |- | 5a || קוֹלִי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || * || קול |- | || יְהוָה || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || * || |- | 5b || מֵהַר || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || cs. || * || הרר |- | 5b || קָדְשׁוֹ || abstract || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 3ms || abs. || * || הרר |- | 6b || יְהוָה || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || * || |- | 7a || מֵרִבְבוֹת || collective || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || p || || cs. || || רבב |- | || עָם || collective || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || עמם |- | 8a || יְהוָה || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> || * || |- | 8b || אֱלֹהַי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || 1cs || <big>'''voc.'''</big> || * || אלה |- | 8c || אֹיְבַי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || 1cs || abs. || * || איב |- | || לֶחִי || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || לחה |- | 8d || שִׁנֵּי ||common || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || p || || cs. || || שׁנן |- | || רְשָׁעִים || common || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || abs. || || רשׁע |- | 9a || לַיהוָה || proper || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span>|| s || || abs. || || |- | || <span style="background:yellow"> הַיְשׁוּעָה </span> || abstract || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || || abs. || * || ישׁע |- | 9b || עַמְּךָ || collective || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 2ms || abs. || * || עמם |- | || בִרְכָתֶךָ || abstract || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || 2ms || abs. || * || ברך |}  
{| class="wikitable" |+ '''Noun Morphology''' |- ! Verse !! Noun !! Gender !! Number !! Suffix !! "Declension" !! Definiteness !! Root |- | 2a || אֱלֹהֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> cstr. || + || |- | || צִדְקִי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || + || צדק |- | 2b || בַּצָּר || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || + || צרר |- | 2c || תְּפִלָּתִי || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || + || פלל |- | 3a || בְּנֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> cstr. || || בן |- | || אִישׁ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || אישׁ |- | || כְבוֹדִי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || + || כבד |- | || לִכְלִמָּה || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || || abs. || || כלם |- | 3b || רִיק || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || ריק |- | || כָזָב || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || כזב |- | 4a || יְהוָה || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || + || |- | || חָסִיד || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || חסד |- | 4b || יְהוָה || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || + || |- | 5b || בִלְבַבְכֶם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 2mp || abs. || + || לבב |- | || מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 2mp || abs. || + || שׁכב |- | 6a || זִבְחֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || cst. || || זבח |- | || צֶדֶק || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || צדק |- | 6b || יְהוָה || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || + || |- | 7a || רַבִּים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || || abs. || || רבב |- | || טוֹב || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || טוב |- | 7b || אוֹר || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> or <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || || cst. || + || אור |- | || פָּנֶיךָ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || 2ms || abs. || + || פנה |- | || יְהוָה || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> abs. || + || |- | 8a || שִׂמְחָה || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || || abs. || || שׂמח |- | || בְלִבִּי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 1cs || abs. || + || לבב |- | 8b || מֵעֵת || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || || abs. || || ענה |- | || דְּגָנָם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 3mp || abs. || + || דגן |- | || וְתִירוֹשָׁם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || 3mp || abs. || + || ירשׁ |- | 9a || בְּשָׁלוֹם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || שׁלם |- | 9b || יְהוָה </span> || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || <big>'''voc.'''</big> abs. || + || |- | || לְבָדָד || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || בדד |- | 9c || לָבֶטַח || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || abs. || || בטח |}  
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Character Features |- ! Ref. !! Speaker !! Addressee !! Person !! Subject/Agent !! Object/Undergoer |- | 2a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || '''David''' |- | 2b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''David''' |- | 3a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">pursuers</span> || '''David''''s נֶפֶשׁ |- | 3b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">pursuers</span> || '''David''''s נֶפֶשׁ |- | 4a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || <span style="color:#FF4500">זֹאת</span> |- | 4b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF4500">אָוֶל</span> || '''David''''s hands |- | 5a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || '''David's''' friend |- | 5b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || '''David's''' enemy |- | 6a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemy</span> || '''David''''s נֶפֶשׁ |- | 6b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemy</span> || '''David''''s life |- | 6c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemy</span> || '''David''''s glory |- | 7a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>|| <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 7b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>|| <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 7c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 8a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#800080">עֲדַת לְאֻמִּים</span> || '''David''' |- | 8b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 9a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#800080">עמִּים</span> |- | 9b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''David''' |- | 9c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''David''' |- | 10a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">wickedness</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">wickedness</span> |- | 10b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''צַדִּיק''' |- | 10c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || לִבּוֹת וּכְלָיוֹת |- | 10d || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || |- | 11a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || '''David''''s shield || '''David''''s shield |- | 11b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''יִשְׁרֵי־לֵב''' |- | 12a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || |- | 12b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || |- | 13a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> ||<span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s sword |- | 13b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>||<span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s bow |- | 14a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>||<span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s weapons |- | 14b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> ||<span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s arrows |- | 15a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">אָוֶן</span> |- | 15b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">עָמָל / שֶׁקֶר</span> |- | 16a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> || בּוֹר |- | 16b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> |- | 17a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span>'s עָמָל || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> |- | 17b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span>'s חָמָס || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> |- | 18a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 18b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David'''|| <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s name |}  
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Character Features |- ! Ref. !! Speaker !! Addressee !! Person !! Subject/Agent |- | 2a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">Enemies</span> |- | 2b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">Enemies</span> |- | 3a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">Enemies</span> |- | 3b || <span style="color:#FF0000">Enemies</span> || || 3 || '''David's''' ''deliverance'' |- | 4a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 4b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 5a || '''David''' || || 1 || '''David''' |- | 5b || '''David''' || || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 6a || '''David''' || || 1 || '''David''' |- | 6b || '''David''' || || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 7a || '''David''' || || 1 || '''David''' |- | 7b || '''David''' || || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">Enemies</span> |- | 8a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 8b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 8c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 8d || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 9a || '''David''' || || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh's</span> ''deliverance'' |- | 9b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh's</span> blessing |}  +
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Character Features |- ! Ref. !! Speaker !! Addressee !! Person !! Subject/Agent |- | 2a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 2b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 3a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 3b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' |- | 3c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 3d || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' |- | 4a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || '''David''''s נֶפֶשׁ |- | 4b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 5a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 5b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 6a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || Remembrance of <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 6b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || מִי |- | 7a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' |- | 7b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' |- | 7c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' |- | 8a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''''s eye |- | 8b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' or '''David''''s eye |- | 9a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">פעלי און</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#FF0000">פעלי און</span> |- | 9b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">פעלי און</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 10a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">פעלי און</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 10b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">פעלי און</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 11a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">איבי</span> |- | 11b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">איבי</span> |}  
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Character Features |- ! Ref. !! Speaker !! Addressee !! Person !! Subject/Agent !! Object/Undergoer |- | 2a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 2b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s wonders |- | 3a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || '''David''' |- | 3b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s name |- | 4a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemies</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemies</span> |- | 4b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemies</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">enemies</span> |- | 5a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''David's''' judgment |- | 5b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 6a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> |- | 6b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span>'s name |- | 7a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the enemy's ruins</span>||<span style="color:#FF0000">the enemy</span>'s ruins |- | 7b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>|| <span style="color:#FF0000">the enemy</span>'s cities |- | 7c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">memory of the enemy's cities</span> || memory of <span style="color:#FF0000">the enemy</span>'s cities |- | 8a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 8b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s throne |- | 9a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">the world</span> |- | 9b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">peoples</span> |- | 10a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 10b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 11a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || '''those who know <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s name''' || '''those who know <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s name''' |- | 11b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''those who seek <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>''' |- | 12a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#008000">Audience</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#008000">Audience</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 12b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#008000">Audience</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#008000">Audience</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s doings |- | 13a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#008000">Audience</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''lowly''' |- | 13b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#008000">Audience</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>|| cry of the '''lowly''' |- | 14a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>||'''David''' |- | 14b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> ||'''David''''s lowliness |- | 14c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> ||'''David''' |- | 15ab || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>'s praises |- | 15c || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 1 || '''David''' || '''David''' |- | 16a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> |- | 16b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span>' foot || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span>' foot |- | 17a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | 17b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> |- | 18a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">the wicked</span> |- | 18b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> |- | 19a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || '''poor''' || '''poor''' |- | 19b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || the '''lowly''''s hope || the '''lowly''''s hope |- | 20a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2/3 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>/<span style="color:#FF0000">man</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span>/<span style="color:#FF0000">man</span> |- | 20b || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> |- | 21a || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 2 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || terror for the <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> |- | 21bc || '''David''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || 3 || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">nations</span> |} "The poem as a whole is based on the relationships within a triangle. The corners are occupied by three parties: the lyrical I, God, and the enemies. The terms denoting people, however (i.e., I and the enemies), in a certain sense count double. The 'I' is only present in strophes 1-2 and 7, and is replaced by 'the poor', 'the needy', the 'oppressed', both singular and plural... If we want to understand what actually happens in these lyrics, and if we want to fathom their inner structure, we should take into account two identifications: I/the poor and my enemies/the peoples."'"`UNIQ--ref-0000105E-QINU`"'  
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Character Features''' |- ! Strophe !! Ref. !! Speaker !! Addressee !! Subject |- | '''A''' || v.1a || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v.1b || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v.2b || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v.2b || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 3a || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">One another</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 3b || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">One another</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | '''B''' || v.4a || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 4b || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 5a || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 5b || '''Psalmist''' || || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 6 || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | '''B'''' || v. 7a || '''The King''' || || '''The King''' |- | || v. 7b || '''The King''' || || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 7c || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || '''The King''' |- | || v. 7d || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 8a || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || '''The King''' |- | || v. 8b || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 8c || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> |- | || v. 9a || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || '''The King''' |- | || v. 9b || <span style="color:#0000FF">Yahweh</span> || '''The King''' || '''The King''' |- | '''A'''' || v. 10a || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || |- | || v. 10a || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 10b || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 11a || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 11b || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 12a || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 12b || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || '''The King''' / <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> |- | || v. 12c || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span> || '''The King's anger''' |- | || v. 12d || '''Psalmist''' || <span style="color:#FF0000">Rebel Nations</span>? || כל חוסי בו |}  
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Noun Morphology''' |- ! Verse !! Noun !! Gender !! Number !! "Declension" !! Suffix !! Definiteness !! Root |- | 1a || גוֹיִם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || גוה |- | 1b || וּלְאֻמִּים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || לאם |- | || רִיק || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || ריק |- | 2a || מַלְכֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || cst. || || || מלך |- | || אֶרֶץ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || || || ארץ |- | 2c || יְהוָה || || || || || * (proper) || |- | || מְשִׁיחוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || משׁח |- | 3a || מוֹסְרוֹתֵימוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. w/obj. marker || 3mp (מוֹ) || * || אסר |- | 3b || עֲבֹתֵימוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || 3mp (מוֹ) || * || עבת |- | 4a || בַּשָּׁמַיִם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || d || abs. || || * || שׁמה |- | 4b || אֲדֹנָי || || || || || * (proper) || |- | 5a || בְאַפּוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || אנף |- | 5b || וּֽבַחֲרוֹנוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || חרה |- | 6a || מַלְכִּי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 1cs || * || מלך |- | 6b || צִיּוֹן || || || || || * (proper) || |- | || הַר || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || cst. || || * || הרר |- | || קָדְשִׁי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 1cs || * || קדשׁ |- | 7a || חֹק || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || חקק |- | 7b || יְהוָה || || || || || * (proper) || |- | 7c || בְּנִי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 1cs || * || בן |- | 7d || הַיּוֹם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || * || יוֹם |- | 8b || גוֹיִם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || גוה |- | || נַחֲלָתֶךָ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || 2ms || * || נחל |- | 8c || וַאֲחֻזָּתְךָ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || 2ms || * || אחז |- | || אַפְסֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || cst. || || || אפס |- | || אָֽרֶץ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || || || ארץ |- | 9a || בְּשֵׁבֶט || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || cst. || || || שׁבט |- | || בַּרְזֶל || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || ברז |- | 9b || כִּכְלִי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || cst. || || || כלה |- | 10a || מְלָכִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs., <big>'''voc.'''</big> || || || מלך |- | 10b || אָרֶץ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs., <big>'''voc.'''</big> || || || ארץ |- | 11a || יְהוָה || || || w/obj. marker || || * (proper) || |- | || בְּיִרְאָה || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || || || ירא |- | 11b || בִּרְעָדָה || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || || || רעד |- | 12a || בַר || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || |- | 12b || דֶרֶךְ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> or <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || || || דרך |- | 12c || אַפּוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || אנף |- | 12d || אַשְׁרֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || cst. || || || אשׁר |- | || כָּל || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || כלל |}  
{| class="wikitable" |+'''Noun Morphology''' |- ! Verse !! Noun !! Gender !! Number !! "Declension" !! Suffix !! Definiteness !! Root |- | 1a || אַשְׁרֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || cst. || || * || אשׁר |- | 1a || הָאִישׁ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || *(h) || אישׁ |- | 1b || בַּעֲצַת || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || cst. || || || יעץ |- | 1b || רְשָׁעִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || רשׁע |- | 1c || וּבְדֶרֶך || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span>/<span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || cst. || || || דרך |- | 1c || חַטָּאִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || חטא |- | 1d || וּבְמוֹשַׁב || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || cst. || || || ישׁב |- | 1d || לֵצִים (ptc) || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || ליץ |- | 2a || בְּתוֹרַת || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || cst. || || * || ירה |- | 2a || יְהוָה || || || abs. || || * || |- | 2a || חֶפְצוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || חפץ |- | 2b || וּבְתוֹרָתוֹ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || ירה |- | 2b || וָלָיְלָה || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. (adv.) || || || |- | 3a || כְּעֵץ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || עצה |- | 3a || פַּלְגֵי || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || cst. || || || פלג |- | 3a || מָיִם || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || d || abs. || || || מי |- | 3b || פִּרְיוֹ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || || 3ms || * || פרה |- | 3b || בְּעִתּוֹ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || 3ms || * || ענה |- | 3c || וְעָלֵהוּ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs || 3ms || * || עלה |- | 3d || וְכֹל || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || || כלל |- | 4a || הָרְשָׁעִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || *(h) || רשׁע |- | 4b || כַּמֹּץ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || * || מוֹץ |- | 4b || רוּחַ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || abs. || || || רוּח |- | 5a || רְשָׁעִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || רשׁע |- | 5a || בַּמִּשְׁפָּט || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || s || abs. || || * || שׁפט |- | 5b || וְחַטָּאִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || חטא |- | 5b || בַּעֲדַת || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || cst. || || || יעד |- | 5b || צַדִּיקִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || צדק |- | 6a || יְהוָה || || || abs. || || * || |- | 6a || דֶּ֣רֶךְ || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span>/<span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || cst. || || || דרך |- | 6a || צַדִּיקִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || צדק |- | 6b || וְדֶרֶךְ || <span style="color:#FF0000"> f </span> || s || cst. || || || דרך |- | 6b || רְשָׁעִים || <span style="color:#0000FF"> m </span> || p || abs. || || || רשׁע |}