Psalm 25/Diagrams

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V. 1

Hebrew Verse English
לְדָוִ֡ד 1a By David.
אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְ֝הוָ֗ה 1b To you, YHWH,
נַפְשִׁ֥י אֶשָּֽׂא׃אֱֽלֹהַ֗י 1c I lift my soul, my God.

Macula

לְדָוִ֡ד אֵלֶ֥יךָ נַפְשִׁ֥י אֶשָּֽׂא יְ֝הוָ֗ה



v. 1 - Preferred

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 1]
  Fragment 
    PrepositionalPhrase
        Preposition
            preposition: לְ belonging to >> by
        Object
            noun: דָוִד David
  Fragment
    Apposition
      noun: יְהוָה YHWH
      ConstructChain <gloss="my God">
        noun: אֱלֹה God
        suffix-pronoun: ַי me
  Fragment
    Clause
      Subject
      Predicate 
        verb: אֶשָּׂא I lift
        Object
          ConstructChain <gloss="my soul">
            noun: נַפְשׁ soul
            suffix-pronoun: ִי me
        Adverbial
          PrepositionalPhrase
            Preposition
              preposition: אֵלֶי to
            Object
              suffix-pronoun: ךָ you


Diagram Code 

 DiscourseUnit [v. 1]
  Fragment 
    PrepositionalPhrase
        Preposition
            preposition: לְ belonging to >> by
        Object
            noun: דָוִד David
  Fragment
    Apposition
      noun: יְהוָה YHWH
      ConstructChain <gloss="my God">
        noun: אֱלֹה God
        suffix-pronoun: ַי me
  Fragment
    Clause
      Subject
      Predicate 
        verb: אֶשָּׂא I lift
        Object
          ConstructChain <gloss="my soul">
            noun: נַפְשׁ soul
            suffix-pronoun: ִי me
        Adverbial
          PrepositionalPhrase
            Preposition
              preposition: אֵלֶי to
            Object
              suffix-pronoun: ךָ you

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Grammar Notes

Note for v. 1

  • It is not clear whether the vocative my God (אֱלֹהַי) belongs at the end of the alef verse (v. 1) (so e.g., NIV: "Lord my God," cf. CEV) or at the beginning of the bet verse (v. 2) (so e.g., ESV: "O Lord... O my God...," cf. NLT, GNT, NET, NJPS). The MT groups it with the bet verse (אֶשָּֽׂא׃ אֱֽלֹהַ֗י בְּךָ֣).[1] But grouping it with the bet verse disturbs the acrostic. It is possible that, being a vocative, "my God" (אֱלֹהַי) sits outside of the acrostic structure (see, for example, the taw section of Ps 37, which begins with a waw conjunction: ותשועת). It is more likely, however, that "my God" (אֱלֹהַי) was originally grouped with the alef verse (so LXX).[2] Grouping אלהי with the first line results in an ABA'B pattern for v. 1: A. (אליך) B (יהוה) A' (נפשׁי אשא) B' (אלהי). This might be considered a case of "vertical grammar": "to you, YHWH, // I lift my soul, my God" >> "I lift my soul to you, YHWH my God."[3]

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Phrase-Level

Note for v. 1

  • The expression lift up my soul is an idiom that describes an "action by which humans turn to a deity or location with the confidence that they will find help and support there" (SDBH). Elsewhere, the phrase is parallel with "I trust in you" (Ps 143:8: בְךָ בָטָחְתִּי) and "I call out to you all day long" (Ps 86:3: אֵלֶיךָ אֶקְרָא כָּל־הַיּוֹם). The use of the phrase in Deuteronomy 24:15 helpfully illustrates its meaning: "You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it (וְאֵלָיו הוּא נֹשֵׂא אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ)" (NLT). In Psalm 25:1, a functionally equivalent English phrase might be: "I am counting/depending/relying on you."

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Verbal Notes

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Textual Notes

Note for v. 1

  • Various emendations have been proposed to address the issue of אֱלֹהַי (see grammar note), e.g., inserting קִוִּתִי after אֵלֶיךָ[4] or adding כי אתה before אלהי.[5] But these proposals have no textual support. The problem is more simply resolved by appealing to the Septuagint's line division and the phenomenon of vertical grammar (see grammar note).

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