Psalm 200 Text

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Simple Reading (Hebrew)
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Dramatic Reading (Hebrew)
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Text Only (Hebrew and English) The text below is divided according to the psalm's poetic lines. For additional information, see our Poetic Structure layer.

Text (Hebrew) Verse Text (CBC)
שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח 1a A song. A psalm. By the sons of Korah.
לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת 1b For the director. About illness, for self-affliction.
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ 1c A maskil. By Heman the Ezrahite.
מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף 2 A "maskil." By Asaph.
תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י 3a May my prayer find favor with you!
הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃ 3b Incline your ear to my cry!
נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ *אֶפּוֹרָה*׃ 16b I’ve been suffering your terrifying assaults, and keep being torn apart.
עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ 17a Your outbursts of wrath have been sweeping over me;
בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ *צִמְּתוּנִי*׃ 17b Your terrifying assaults have been destroying me.

Structure Overlay Below, the text has been overlaid with our summary structural analysis. For details on the structure, see the Structure At-a-Glance here.

Text (Hebrew) Verse Text (CBC)
שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח 1a A song. A psalm. By the sons of Korah.
לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת 1b For the director. About illness, for self-affliction.
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ 1c A maskil. By Heman the Ezrahite.
מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף 2 A "maskil." By Asaph.
תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י 3a May my prayer find favor with you!
הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃ 3b Incline your ear to my cry!
נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ *אֶפּוֹרָה*׃ 16b I’ve been suffering your terrifying assaults, and keep being torn apart.
עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ 17a Your outbursts of wrath have been sweeping over me;
בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ *צִמְּתוּנִי*׃ 17b Your terrifying assaults have been destroying me.

Expanded paraphrase The expanded paraphrase seeks to capture the implicit information within the text and make it explicit for readers today. It is based on the CBC translation and uses italic text to provide the most salient background information, presuppositions, entailments, and inferences.

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Participant Tracking Text Participant Analysis focuses on the characters in the psalm and asks, “Who are the main participants (or characters) in this psalm, and what are they saying or doing? Our full analysis can be found in the Participant Analysis layer.

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