Psalm 13/Speech Act/SpeechTable
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
| Verse | Hebrew | Close-but-clear | Sentence type | Illocution (general) | Illocution (context) | Macro speech act |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ | For the director. A psalm by David. | Superscription | |||
| 2.1 | עַד־אָ֣נָה יְ֭הוָה | How long, YHWH? | Interrogative (sentence fragment) | Expressive | Lamenting to God | Lament |
| 2.2 | תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי נֶ֑צַח | Will you ignore me forever? | Interrogative | Expressive | Lamenting God's seeming absence | |
| 2.3 | עַד־אָ֓נָה ׀ תַּסְתִּ֖יר אֶת־פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | How long will you hide your face from me? | Interrogative | Expressive | Lamenting God's seeming absence | |
| 3.1 | עַד־אָ֨נָה אָשִׁ֪ית עֵצ֡וֹת בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י | How long will I make (futile) plans? | Interrogative | Expressive | Lamenting his present sorrow | |
| 3.2 | יָג֣וֹן בִּלְבָבִ֣י יוֹמָ֑ם | (How long) will sorrow be daily in my heart? | Interrogative | Expressive | Lamenting his present sorrow | |
| 3.3 | עַד־אָ֓נָה ׀ יָר֖וּם אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃ | How long will my enemy be exalted over me? | Interrogative | Expressive | Lamenting his present defeat | |
| 4.1 | הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י | Consider! Answer me, YHWH my God! | Imperative | Directive | Asking YHWH to hear and respond | Petition |
| 4.2 | הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃ | Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, | Imperative * "Declarative" |
Directive * "Assertive" |
Asking YHWH to give light to his eyes * "Boasting" | |
| 5.1 | פֶּן־יֹאמַ֣ר אֹיְבִ֣י יְכָלְתִּ֑יו | lest my enemy say, ‘I have overpowered him!’ | ||||
| 5.2 | צָרַ֥י יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ כִּ֣י אֶמּֽוֹט׃ | (lest) my adversaries rejoice because I am shaken. | ||||
| 6.1 | וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ | But I have put my trust in your loyalty. | Declarative | Assertive | Professing trust in YHWH | Profession of trust |
| 6.2 | יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָ | Let my heart rejoice because of your salvation! | Imperative | Expressive | Praising YHWH individually | |
| 6.3 | אָשִׁ֥ירָה לַיהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י גָמַ֣ל עָלָֽי׃ | I will sing to YHWH, because he has repaid me! | Imperative | Commissive | Committing to praise YHWH publicly |