Psalm 22/Notes/Grammar.v. 32.888218

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v. 32 – Causal grounds are a very natural function of כִּי, as perhaps reflected in the LXX: "because the Lord acted" (NETS; ὅτι ἐποίησεν ὁ κύριος; cf. the Peshitta); see also the JPS: "for He has acted." Nevertheless, as a complementizer, it naturally functions as an elaboration of "his righteous deed" to be announced—namely, that which he has done. Of course, this function overlaps with that of relativizers, which we also read in Jerome (quas fecit), Symmachus (ἣν ἐποίησε), and Codex Sinaiticus of the LXX.[1] See, e.g., the NET (which supplies a second "they will tell"): "they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished."

  1. ΟΝΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝΚΣ → ὅν ἐποίησεν κύριος.