Psalm 12/Expanded Paraphrase

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Build Expanded Paraphrase

Click within the CBC to insert an expansion. A textbox will appear. Type in (or copy into) the textbox and push ESC to cancel or ENTER to save.

Alternatively, you may edit the CBC/insertions alternation directly at Data/12/expanded-paraphrase.json for a final draft. If you're viewing a paraphrase from the wiki, save it as a draft and then modify.

If there is an extra space between two parts...

, you'll need to modify the json file directly. For example, to enable plots: 

	{
		"verse": "1",
		"cbc": "plot",
		"Index": 6,
		"suppressFollowingSpace": true
	},
	{
		"verse": "1",
		"insertion": "s",
		"WordsBefore": 6,
		"Index": 7
	},

If a Google discourse sheet exists...

You may import the Expanded Paraphrase from the sheet by following these instructions.

Prepare the discourse sheet

  1. Open the Discourse Google sheet for this Psalm.
  2. Go to the tab named "Public-Text" (which is likely already made). If it doesn't exist, follow these instructions (you'll need it all by the end of this).

Prepare

To enable this, you must:

  1. Open the Discourse Google sheet for this Psalm.
  2. Add a new tab named "Public-Text" (the name isn't actually critical)
  3. Use as the formula in the top-left cell: ='Discourse Master Sheet'!A:A (or whatever the appropriate code is to select the first column of the master sheet).
  4. Drag the formula over to Column C and down as far as needed to get all the rows.
  5. File > Share > Publish to Web
  6. Instead of Entire Document, choose sheet Public-Text
  7. Instead of Web Page, choose Tab-separated values.
  8. Copy the link starting from after /d/e until before the &single, e.g. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTeE2dD9gc2v4rckm23VfBCDdpuLirI3DOxLQE10a2UHWl3puz8wPPCJ2wgBftP4VYqadCPb2pWOUwi/pub?gid=168152279&single=true&output=tsv
  9. Edit the base Psalm page, e.g. Psalm 19
  10. Add the DiscourseSheet property like this:
{{ResourceSite
|DiscourseSheet=2PACX-1vTeE2dD9gc2v4rckm23VfBCDdpuLirI3DOxLQE10a2UHWl3puz8wPPCJ2wgBftP4VYqadCPb2pWOUwi/pub?gid=168152279
|Banner Image=Psalm 19 banner image.jpg
  1. In D2, type "Expanded Paraphrase" as the new header. (This, like the one below, will be used by code to ensure this is what is intended.)
  2. In E2, type "Expanded Paraphrase as JSON" as the new header.

Get the spreadsheet ID

  1. Now you'll need to save the Google spreadsheet ID. This will be used to generate the JSON within the Google environment. (The Google sheet URL, which is likely already stored, will be used to extract the JSON into the Resource Site.)
  2. From the URL, copy the link starting from after /d until before the /edit?, e.g. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD12kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0/edit?gid=70212412086#gid=70212412086

Save the spreadsheet ID

(This step can be skipped if you'll only ever manuallly populate this; this goal permits us to bulk populate all discourse spreadsheets.)

  1. Edit the base Psalm page, e.g. Psalm 129
  2. Add the DiscourseSheetID property like this:
{{ResourceSite
|DiscourseSheetID=12Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD12kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0
|DiscourseSheet=2PACX-12vS309bCf4RkDjHEczGiDnZtOACqV94-DLwI_bYlzt5hugBM25ddPLVwaRETsZ9SyB46-7SpcGm3U8bX/pub?gid=70212412086
}}

Populate the Public-Text sheet

  1. Actually extract the bold & italics from the main sheet into the Public-Text sheet. This involves running an Apps Script. First open this: https://script.google.com/u/0/home/projects/127TAMP12KpcaMTXBf5qS0C-mflnt-12srgJTWns6bLRD_l6eNSj9zy4Bxzc/edit.
  2. Now add your discourse sheet id to the end of the list of spreadsheetIDs at the top, remembering to enclose it in double quotation marks and ensuring everything is comma-delimited.
  3. At the top of the page, ensure "extractBoldFromMultipleSpreadsheets" is in the menu bar.
  4. Click Run.
  5. If the Execution Log at the bottom of the page doesn't show "Execution started" and then "Execution completed" then ask Elizabeth for help...

Extract the Public-Text sheet to the Resource Site

Follow the above instructions and refresh the page. The Discourse Sheet properties have not yet been set.

Use the Save current draft button at the bottom of the page to save.

Using stored expanded paraphrase

Text (Hebrew) Verse Expanded Paraphrase
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ 1 For the director. On the eight-toned scale. A psalm by David who is both king and prophet.
הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ 2 Help, YHWH! We are in need of rescue. For your law, which requires loyalty and faithfulness, has been disregarded, and the loyal one has disappeared so that there no longer seems to be anyone who is loyal. We are in need of rescue For faithful ones have vanished from among humanity. No one keeps their relational obligations. No one is trustworthy.
שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ 3 Instead, They that is, all people speak falsehood the opposite of loyalty and faithfulness, each with his neighbour. With flattering lips, with duplicity they speak and thereby break your law.
יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ 4 YHWH loves loyalty and faithfulness, and he despises those who boast and lie. May YHWH exterminate just as the faithful seem to have been exterminated all people who have flattering lips, (every) person who has a tongue speaking great things,
אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃ 5 who have said, “We can speak boldly. We can say whatever we want; we can lie without consequences. The reason we can do this is because Our lips are under our control. There is no one to tell us what to say or to hold us accountable for our lies. Who is our master? We have none, not even YHWH.” But YHWH is the lord and master of all, and he will hold them to account.
מִשֹּׁ֥ד עֲנִיִּים֮ מֵאַנְקַ֪ת אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים עַתָּ֣ה אָ֭קוּם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ית בְּ֝יֵ֗שַׁע יָפִ֥יחַֽ לֽוֹ׃ 6 Deceit brings devastation and suffering, especially to those who are most vulnerable. Because virtually everyone is deceitful, afflicted ones are devastated and poor people groan. Groaning is an expression of severe suffering. Although the situation looks hopeless, I who am a prophet (have received a prophetic oracle from YHWH, who will hold the wicked to account. This is what YHWH says, “Because my law is disregarded such that afflicted ones are devastated, because poor ones groan, and because I care for those who are poor and afflicted now I will rise up to take action,” says YHWH. “I will place in safety the one who is sneered at and thereby answer your prayer for help [v. 2] ."
אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֪וֹת טְהֹ֫רוֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃ 7 YHWH has spoken [v. 6] and, unlike all of the people around us who speak with duplicity we can trust what YHWH says because YHWH's words are pure words which contain no mixture of falsehood. The purity of someone's words may be compared to the purity of a precious metal. For example, silver is impure at the time of its mining because it is mixed with other minerals. If it is not properly refined and purified, then it may corrode or break. Therefore, it must be refined and purified through intense heat to be both strong and beautiful. It is placed in a crucible which is then placed in the furnace which is built into the ground. When silver emerges from this process, it is pure, since any impurities have been burned away. YHWH's words are as pure as silver that has been refined in a crucible in the ground, purified seven times over. The number seven symbolises perfection, and so silver purified seven times is perfectly pure, without the slightest trace of impurity.
אַתָּֽה־יְהוָ֥ה תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ ׀ מִן־הַדּ֖וֹר ז֣וּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ 8 You, YHWH, are abounding in loyalty and faithfulness, and you will keep your promises and guard them who are afflicted and poor from the devastation they experience at the hands of the deceitful and proud. You will protect him who is sneered at from the generation which is so it seems forever.
סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ 9 In this never-ending generation, Wicked ones roam around without any hinderance and engage in activity that is deceitful and destructive whenever loyalty and faithfulness are denigrated, and instead, vileness is esteemed among humanity. Yet even in a situation like this, you will keep your promise and preserve your people.




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