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Psalm 6/Phonology +
The sounds guttural + sonorant/sibilant give cohesion to the first three sections of the psalm. They seem to be particularly associated with the psalmist's dire situation (vv.2-3; 7-8). Where the lament is the deepest (vv.7-8), the sounds are especially prominent. When lament gives way to confidence (section 4), the sounds disappear. The sudden shift in mood is thus accompanied by a shift in sound.  +, The sharp discontinuity between sections 3 and 4 (see above table cell) is smoothed over by this point of continuity. The adjacent words (צררי – סורו) is an case of anadiplosis.  +
Psalm 6/Verbs +
anaphora  +, Volitives are used to mark the opening of new sections (anaphora, vv.2, 5, 9). Section 3, which is unique in a number of ways (e.g., 1cs verbs, rare vocabulary, vivid imagery, emotional despair), is the only exception to this pattern.  +, This feature binds the whole psalm together in an inclusion.  +
Psalm 3/Lexical Semantics +
This feature reinforces the contrastive correspondence between sections 1 and 4.  +
Psalm 7/Phonology +
Words with double ''m'' occur only in vv.8ab,9a. This fact may support the argument for grouping v.9a with v.8ab rather than with v.9bc.  +
Psalm 3/Phonology +
gives cohesion to third section (vv.6-7)  +, gives cohesion to vv.4-6; highlights parallel between 8a and 8c  +, gives cohesion to the first section  +, …
Psalm 9/Lexical Semantics +
anaphora (vv.16a, 18a); gives cohesion to vv.16-19  +, gives cohesion to vv.10-14 and, consequently, the two middle stanzas (vv.8-15); together, these various characterizations of the righteous merge to form a coherent picture  +, gives cohesion to vv.4-7 and vv.16-21, and, consequently, the two outer stanzas (vv.2-7, 16-21); together, these various characterizations of the wicked merge to form a coherent picture  +, …
Psalm 2/Lexical Semantics +
aperture (v.10a)  +
Psalm 3/Phonology +
aperture (v.2a; v.4a; v.6a); inclusio (v.2a, v.9)  +, strengthens parallelism (v.5ab); gives cohesion to second section  +, gives cohesion to the first and second sections (vv.2-3)  +
Psalm 2/Lexical Semantics +
aperture (v.4a, 10a); peak? (v.6a); climax? (v.7c)  +
Psalm 9/Verbs +
gives cohesion to v.11 (plural participles) and to vv.12-14 (singular participles)  +, gives cohesion to vv.8-11 and v.19; creates discontinuity with what precedes (v.8a)  +, gives cohesion to vv.5-7 and to vv.16-17; creates discontinuity with what precedes (v.16)  +, …
Psalm 9/Verbs +
gives cohesion to the whole psalm  +, gives cohesion to vv.16-17  +, aperture (vv.2a, 12b)  +, …
Psalm 2/Lexical Semantics +
aperture; contrast with previous section  +
Psalm 5/Verbs +
gives cohesion to section 2 (vv.4-8)  +, each major section of the psalm opens with 2ms verbs (anaphora); the psalm is framed by 2ms verbs (inclusio)  +
Psalm 5/Verbs +
gives cohesion to section 1 (vv.2-3) and section 3 (vv.9-12), and, by its absence, to sections 2 (vv.5-8) and 4 (v.13)  +, epiphora (v.7, v.13?)  +
Psalm 9/Verbs +
gives cohesion to v.12; creates discontinuity with what precedes (v.12) = aperture  +, gives cohesion to verse (v.13ab) and stanza (vv.8-10[11])  +, gives cohesion to vv.5-7 and vv.20-21; creates discontinuity (with what follows: vv.11b; with what precedes: vv.14a, 20a)  +, …
Psalm 5/Nouns +
gives cohesion to vv.10-11  +, gives cohesion to vv.8-9; may mark the peak of the psalm, which focuses on Yahweh's ("your", 2ms) loyal love, reverence, house, holiness, righteousness, and pathway.  +, gives cohesion to section 1 (v.2-3)  +
Psalm 5/Phonology +
gives cohesion to section 3 (vv.10-12)  +, gives cohesion to vv.2-3 and v.9ab; on a macrostructural level, may mark aperture (v.2a, v.9a)  +, gives cohesion to vv.4-6  +, …
Psalm 5/Verbs +
gives cohesion to section 2.2 (vv.5-7) and 3.3 (v.12)  +, gives cohesion to section 3.3 (forms tetracolon)  +, gives cohesion to section 2 (vv.4-8)  +, …
Psalm 3/Verbs +
gives cohesion to sections 2-3  +, gives cohesion to the fourth section  +, gives cohesion to the first section (vv.2-3)  +
Psalm 5/Lexical Semantics +
gives cohesion to the psalm; Yahweh "hates/abominates/does not delight in" (vv.5-7) the wicked; but he surrounds with "favor" those who "love" his name (vv.12-13)  +, gives cohesion to vv.8-9, 12-13; strengthens disjunctive parallel between section 2.3 (v.8) and 3.3 (v.12).  +, gives cohesion to vv.5-7 and vv.10-11; suggests structural connection between these two parallel sections; the language of wickedness in vv.5-7 is repeated in much more creative and figurative ways in vv.10-11  +, …