Psalm 27/Expanded Paraphrase

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, you'll need to modify the json file directly. For example, to enable plots:

	{
		"verse": "1",
		"cbc": "plot",
		"Index": 6,
		"suppressFollowingSpace": true
	},
	{
		"verse": "1",
		"insertion": "s",
		"WordsBefore": 6,
		"Index": 7
	},

If a Google discourse sheet exists...

You may import the Expanded Paraphrase from the sheet by following these instructions.

Prepare the discourse sheet

1. Open the Discourse Google sheet for this Psalm.
2. Go to the tab named "Public-Text" (which is likely already made). If it doesn't exist, follow these instructions (you'll need it all by the end of this).

Prepare

To enable this, you must:

1. Open the Discourse Google sheet for this Psalm.
2. Add a new tab named "Public-Text" (the name isn't actually critical)
3. Use as the formula in the top-left cell: ='Discourse Master Sheet'!A:A (or whatever the appropriate code is to select the first column of the master sheet).
4. Drag the formula over to Column C and down as far as needed to get all the rows.
5. File > Share > Publish to Web
6. Instead of Entire Document, choose sheet Public-Text
7. Instead of Web Page, choose Tab-separated values.
8. Copy the link starting from after /d/e until before the &single, e.g. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTeE2dD9gc2v4rckm23VfBCDdpuLirI3DOxLQE10a2UHWl3puz8wPPCJ2wgBftP4VYqadCPb2pWOUwi/pub?gid=168152279&single=true&output=tsv
9. Edit the base Psalm page, e.g. Psalm 19
10. Add the DiscourseSheet property like this:

{{ResourceSite
|DiscourseSheet=2PACX-1vTeE2dD9gc2v4rckm23VfBCDdpuLirI3DOxLQE10a2UHWl3puz8wPPCJ2wgBftP4VYqadCPb2pWOUwi/pub?gid=168152279
|Banner Image=Psalm 19 banner image.jpg

1. In D2, type "Expanded Paraphrase" as the new header. (This, like the one below, will be used by code to ensure this is what is intended.)
2. In E2, type "Expanded Paraphrase as JSON" as the new header.

Get the spreadsheet ID

1. Now you'll need to save the Google spreadsheet ID. This will be used to generate the JSON within the Google environment. (The Google sheet URL, which is likely already stored, will be used to extract the JSON into the Resource Site.)
2. From the URL, copy the link starting from after /d until before the /edit?, e.g. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/27Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD27kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0/edit?gid=70227427086#gid=70227427086

Save the spreadsheet ID

(This step can be skipped if you'll only ever manuallly populate this; this goal permits us to bulk populate all discourse spreadsheets.)

1. Edit the base Psalm page, e.g. Psalm 279
2. Add the DiscourseSheetID property like this:

{{ResourceSite
|DiscourseSheetID=27Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD27kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0
|DiscourseSheet=2PACX-27vS309bCf4RkDjHEczGiDnZtOACqV94-DLwI_bYlzt5hugBM25ddPLVwaRETsZ9SyB46-7SpcGm3U8bX/pub?gid=70227427086
}}

Populate the Public-Text sheet

1. Actually extract the bold & italics from the main sheet into the Public-Text sheet. This involves running an Apps Script. First open this: https://script.google.com/u/0/home/projects/277TAMP27KpcaMTXBf5qS0C-mflnt-27srgJTWns6bLRD_l6eNSj9zy4Bxzc/edit.
2. Now add your discourse sheet id to the end of the list of spreadsheetIDs at the top, remembering to enclose it in double quotation marks and ensuring everything is comma-delimited.
3. At the top of the page, ensure "extractBoldFromMultipleSpreadsheets" is in the menu bar.
4. Click Run.
5. If the Execution Log at the bottom of the page doesn't show "Execution started" and then "Execution completed" then ask Elizabeth for help...

Extract the Public-Text sheet to the Resource Site

Follow the above instructions and refresh the page. The Discourse Sheet properties have not yet been set.

Use the Save current draft button at the bottom of the page to save.

Using expanded paraphrase from the wiki, which may be out of date.

Text (Hebrew)	Verse	Expanded Paraphrase
לְדָוִ֨ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אוֹרִ֣י וְ֭יִשְׁעִי מִמִּ֣י אִירָ֑א יְהוָ֥ה מָֽעוֹז־חַ֝יַּ֗י מִמִּ֥י אֶפְחָֽד׃ בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י ׀ מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֪ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י	1	By David. Enemies can be likened to darkness, but even when enemies are many, YHWH is my light which dispels the darkness of danger and my salvation when I need rescue from all enemies; whom shall I fear? No one! There is no one from whom he cannot save me. YHWH is the refuge of my life protecting my life every time it is at risk from my many enemies; on what basis shall I tremble? None! He is a refuge from every imaginable threat, every time my life is in danger.
צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ אִם־תַּחֲנֶ֬ה עָלַ֨י ׀ מַחֲנֶה֮ לֹֽא־יִירָ֪א לִ֫בִּ֥י	2	History provides evidence of this: When evildoers came near against me to devour my flesh, [when] my adversaries and my enemies [came near] to me, though they were strong and I was vulnerable, it was they who stumbled and fell because YHWH was my refuge.
אִם־תָּק֣וּם עָ֭לַי מִלְחָמָ֑ה בְּ֝זֹ֗את אֲנִ֣י בוֹטֵֽחַ׃ אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ	3	I have equal confidence for the future: If an army should encamp against me, even though my army and life are in danger my heart will not fear. If war should rise against me, even though the nation itself be at stake in this —my seeking YHWH for guidance— I will keep trusting.
שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃ כִּ֤י יִצְפְּנֵ֨נִי ׀ בְּסֻכֹּה֮ בְּי֪וֹם רָ֫עָ֥ה	4	Even now, danger is present, but I have learned that only one thing is necessary. One thing I have asked of YHWH; I will seek it as entirely sufficient to meet my needs: that I may reside in the house of YHWH to seek his audience every day of my life, to gaze on the beauty of YHWH, to be granted an audience before him and to contemplate in his temple to give careful thought to what to do about the current military plight, in light of YHWH as my refuge and salvation.
יַ֭סְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵ֣תֶר אָהֳל֑וֹ בְּ֝צ֗וּר יְרוֹמְמֵֽנִי׃ וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹֽיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י	5	I have confidence to move ahead of YHWH Because I know he will shelter me in his booth, a shelter where YHWH's own presence is, in a day of trouble such as right now. He will hide me, that is, protect me, in the hiding place of his tent, the tent which David erected for the Ark in Zion, one more image of where YHWH's presence is and therefore a place of refuge. He will lift me up on a rock high up, firmly grounded, and inaccessible to enemies.
וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה בְ֭אָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה לַיהוָֽה׃ שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֖ה קוֹלִ֥י אֶקְרָ֗א	6	And now I know YHWH has heard my prayer and therefore my head will be exalted over my enemies around me in military victory, so that I can sacrifice in his tent thanksgiving sacrifices accompanied by a shout, the shout of a victorious king, properly celebrating the victory given by YHWH, so that I can sing and sing praises to YHWH publicly giving him the credit for my victory.
וְחָנֵּ֥נִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ לְךָ֤ ׀ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י	7	It is with this confidence that I now cry out: according to your covenant, Hear my voice, YHWH – I cry out – as you have commanded me to cry and be merciful to me and answer me according to your covenant obligations!
אֶת־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮	8	You have often said to seek your face, such that now even My heart has said concerning you: “Seek my face”! In trouble, you alone are the one whom I will seek. Your face, YHWH, I will seek. The light of your face alone brings favour: blessing, protection and peace.
אַֽל־תַּט־בְּאַ֗ף עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ עֶזְרָתִ֥י הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־תַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃ כִּי־אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֣י עֲזָב֑וּנִי	9	Do not hide your face from me removing your favour, as it was removed from Saul; do not turn away your servant in anger I am your servant! You have been my help. Do not abandon me, and do not forsake me, God of my salvation!
וַֽיהוָ֣ה יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃ ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ	10	For even if my father and my mother forsook me, yet YHWH the defender of widows and orphans will take me in and will protect and guide me as his son.
וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן שׁוֹרְרָֽי׃ אַֽל־תִּ֭תְּנֵנִי בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ צָרָ֑י	11	It is the role of a father to guide and protect his son, and you have adopted me as your son. So, I ask, Teach me, YHWH, my father your perfect way, and lead me in a safe and level path protecting me along the way. I need your protective guidance, because of my foes.
כִּ֥י קָֽמוּ־בִ֥י עֵֽדֵי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר וִיפֵ֥חַ חָמָֽס׃ לׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהוָ֗ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃	12	Do not give me to the craving of my adversaries, for false witnesses and those who breathe out violence have risen against me.
קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְה֫וָ֥ה חֲ֭זַק וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ	13	Had I not believed I would look upon the goodness of YHWH in the land of the living as Moses saw his goodness while seeking his face, I would have been consumed by my enemies –
וְ֝קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃	14	But I have seen that YHWH is our light, salvation and refuge, and believe that he will shelter those who seek him. So I say to my soul, along with all his people, as we seek him even while it is still dark, and deliverance has not yet come, Wait for YHWH! Be courageous, and let your heart become strong! Yes, wait for YHWH!

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Text (Hebrew)	Verse	Text (CBC)
לְדָוִ֨ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אוֹרִ֣י וְ֭יִשְׁעִי מִמִּ֣י אִירָ֑א יְהוָ֥ה מָֽעוֹז־חַ֝יַּ֗י מִמִּ֥י אֶפְחָֽד׃	1	By David. YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? YHWH is the refuge of my life; on what basis shall I tremble?
בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י ׀ מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֪ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃	2	When evildoers came near against me to devour my flesh, [when] my adversaries and my enemies [came near] to me, they stumbled and fell.
אִם־תַּחֲנֶ֬ה עָלַ֨י ׀ מַחֲנֶה֮ לֹֽא־יִירָ֪א לִ֫בִּ֥י אִם־תָּק֣וּם עָ֭לַי מִלְחָמָ֑ה בְּ֝זֹ֗את אֲנִ֣י בוֹטֵֽחַ׃	3	If an army should encamp against me, my heart will not fear. If war should rise against me, in this I will keep trusting.
אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃	4	One thing I hereby ask of YHWH; I will seek it: that I may take a seat in the house of YHWH every day of my life, in order to gaze on the beauty of YHWH, and in order to contemplate in his temple.
כִּ֤י יִצְפְּנֵ֨נִי ׀ בְּסֻכֹּה֮ בְּי֪וֹם רָ֫עָ֥ה יַ֭סְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵ֣תֶר אָהֳל֑וֹ בְּ֝צ֗וּר יְרוֹמְמֵֽנִי׃	5	[I trust] that he will shelter me in his booth in a day of trouble. He will hide me in the hiding place of his tent. He will lift me up on a rock.
וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹֽיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה בְ֭אָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה לַיהוָֽה׃	6	And now: my head will be exalted over my enemies around me; and I will sacrifice in his tent sacrifices accompanied by a shout; and I will sing and sing praises to YHWH.
שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֖ה קוֹלִ֥י אֶקְרָ֗א וְחָנֵּ֥נִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃	7	Hear my voice, YHWH, with which I cry out, and be merciful to me and answer me!
לְךָ֤ ׀ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י אֶת־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃	8	My heart has said for you: “Seek my face”! Your face, YHWH, I will seek.
אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ אַֽל־תַּט־בְּאַ֗ף עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ עֶזְרָתִ֥י הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־תַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃	9	Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away your servant in anger! You have been my help. Do not abandon me, and do not forsake me, God of my salvation!
כִּי־אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֣י עֲזָב֑וּנִי וַֽיהוָ֣ה יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃	10	Because even if my father and my mother forsook me, nevertheless, YHWH would take me in.
ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן שׁוֹרְרָֽי׃	11	Teach me, YHWH, your way, and lead me on a level path, because of my foes.
אַֽל־תִּ֭תְּנֵנִי בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ צָרָ֑י כִּ֥י קָֽמוּ־בִ֥י עֵֽדֵי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר וִיפֵ֥חַ חָמָֽס׃	12	Do not give me to the craving of my adversaries, for false witnesses and those who breathe out violence have risen against me.
לׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהוָ֗ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃	13	Had I not believed I would look upon the goodness of YHWH in the land of the living –
קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְה֫וָ֥ה חֲ֭זַק וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃	14	Wait for YHWH! Be courageous, and let your heart become strong! Yes, wait for YHWH!

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