Macrosyntax

2a. We diagrammed this as two clauses. The other lines in this strophe are all one clause, and making 2a into two clauses would disrupt the rhythm. Against the CBC, then, this layout represents 2a as just one clause.
3b. The elided 'how long' may suggest the psalmist wearying of even saying the words. 3c would then be one last gasp.
4. The powerful cohesion of the 'how long' clauses gives way here to imperatives, making a strong strophe break. (Also the vocative)
5b. After the first two 'lest' clauses, the third continues with the subjunctive semantics (represented in English by the elided 'lest'). The צָרַי may have weak topic marking, for the poetic pair 'enemy'/'adversary'. In this case, the topic marking would be for the sake of a standard poetic device, which presumably adds weight to this part of the psalm. Both 'my enemy' as well as 'my adversaries' are underlined as marked for contrastive topic, with fronting understood as only one strategy of marking topic. 'Topic' may not be the best category for this.
6. The conjunction opening 6a coordinates with the enemies' response to David's suffering and his own response. Just as Psalm 1:6 is subordinated to the cumulative 'everything that has gone before', so here v. 6 coordinates to the idea raised in v. 5, that the enemy might rejoice. Contrastive topic, starting a new strophe.

Speech Act Analysis

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