Psalm 51/Expanded Paraphrase

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Build Expanded Paraphrase

Click within the CBC to insert an expansion. A textbox will appear. Type in (or copy into) the textbox and push ESC to cancel or ENTER to save.

Alternatively, you may edit the CBC/insertions alternation directly at Data/51/expanded-paraphrase.json for a final draft. If you're viewing a paraphrase from the wiki, save it as a draft and then modify.

If there is an extra space between two parts...

, 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/51Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD51kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0/edit?gid=70251451086#gid=70251451086

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 519
  2. Add the DiscourseSheetID property like this:
{{ResourceSite
|DiscourseSheetID=51Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD51kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0
|DiscourseSheet=2PACX-51vS309bCf4RkDjHEczGiDnZtOACqV94-DLwI_bYlzt5hugBM25ddPLVwaRETsZ9SyB46-7SpcGm3U8bX/pub?gid=70251451086
}}

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/517TAMP51KpcaMTXBf5qS0C-mflnt-51srgJTWns6bLRD_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 stored expanded paraphrase

Text (Hebrew) Verse Expanded Paraphrase
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ 1 For the music director to perform. A psalm. By David.
בְּֽבוֹא־אֵ֭לָיו נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֑יא כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־בָּ֝֗א אֶל־בַּת־שָֽׁבַע׃ 2 This psalm was composed by David for or in response to the situation when Nathan the prophet came to him to rebuke him and possibly the ensuing sickness and death of his child with Bathsheba, when he had had illicit sexual intercourse with Bathsheba and murdered her husband Uriah to cover it up and he confessed his sin.
חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱלֹהִ֣ים כְּחַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ מְחֵ֣ה פְשָׁעָֽי׃ 3 Show mercy to me which I need, God, according to your loyalty because you have an existing relationship with me and you are full of loyalty; according to your abundant compassion wipe away the guilt, record, consequences, and moral stain of my transgressions which I hereby confess like one wipes off a dirty dish or ink needing to be erased from papyrus.
הַרְבֵּה כַּבְּסֵ֣נִי מֵעֲוֺנִ֑י וּֽמֵחַטָּאתִ֥י טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃ 4 Wash me thoroughly not in part from my iniquity like a fuller washes filth off of a garment, and cleanse me from my sin as if it were ritual impurity,
כִּֽי־פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃ 5 because I am [continually] aware of and acknowledge my transgressions which is prerequisite for receiving forgiveness, and my sin is constantly in front of me.
לְךָ֤ לְבַדְּךָ֨ ׀ חָטָאתִי֮ וְהָרַ֥ע בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי לְ֭מַעַן תִּצְדַּ֥ק בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃ 6 Against you because all sin is ultimately against you alone hyperbolically speaking I confess I have sinned or at least that is what I am emphasizing now as I address you, even if I have offended others who will need to be addressed subsequently, and I confess I have done what is evil in your eyes you whose will determines what is good and evil, such that you are in the right if others presumptuously judge you whenever you speak accusatory words,[and such that] you are faultless if others presumptuously accuse you of wrongdoing whenever you judge and condemn and sentence.
הֵן־בְּעָו֥וֹן חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃ 7 Look, hyperbolically speaking I was born already with the guilt and evil character that comes from being a human embroiled in iniquity such that I cannot even imagine a time when I followed your ways without defect, and I was already in a state of being enmeshed in guilt as soon as my mother conceived me.
הֵן־אֱ֭מֶת חָפַ֣צְתָּ בַטֻּח֑וֹת וּ֝בְסָתֻ֗ם חָכְמָ֥ה תוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ 8 Look, you desire truth and honest confession in the covered places my internal organs that represent my concealed inner person and character, and you make me know wisdom that gives me insight into my sin that only you can provide in the closed-off place where no one but you can see who I really am.
תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי בְאֵז֣וֹב וְאֶטְהָ֑ר תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג אַלְבִּֽין׃ 9 [Would you please] purify me as if ritually from my impurity with hyssop, so that I will be morally clean;[would you please] wash me from my sin, so that I will be morally whiter than snow.
תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃ 10 [Would you please] make me hear sounds that result from gladness and joy in the assembly of joyful worshipers;[so that] the bones that represent my inner person that you have crushed as a consequence of my sin leaving me in anguish and possibly ill or grieving the (anticipated) loss of my son might rejoice because of my salvation from adversity .
הַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָ֑י וְֽכָל־עֲוֺ֖נֹתַ֣י מְחֵֽה 11 Hide your face metaphorically from my sins and act as if you take no account of them, and wipe away metaphorically all my iniquities.
לֵ֣ב טָ֭הוֹר בְּרָא־לִ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃ 12 Create or refashion a clean heart or character or will for me to follow you, God, because I can only hope to follow you faithfully if you transform my inner person and renew a steadfast spirit that will not falter again within me as I tried to have before but failed.
אַל־תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִי מִלְּפָנֶ֑יךָ וְר֥וּחַ קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ אַל־תִּקַּ֥ח מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ 13 Even though you have the right do not cast me away from before you because I long to be in your presence, and do not take your holy spirit with which/whom you empower me with your presence away from me because I do not want to be estranged from you or because I do not want to lose your empowerment to rule as king.
הָשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֭י שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃ 14 Restore to me the gladness like I had before that results from your salvation from adversities and enemies which I have experienced in the past , and [would you please] support me by creating within me and supplying me with a willing spirit that follows your ways steadfastly with my whole heart.
אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ 15 If you restore me I intend to teach other transgressors —namely, fellow Israelites who are walking in covenant disobedience and suffering accordingly— your ways that they should follow, so that more sinners will turn back in repentance to you either for the first time or to renewed obedience and pursue covenant obedience.
הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִדָּמִ֨ים ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י תְּרַנֵּ֥ן לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ 16 Deliver me from the threat of being the victim of bloodshed at the hands of enemies who unjustly attack me especially in light of the prophesied perpetual strife within my house, God, the God who saves me from adversities and enemies in the past and hopefully again now,[so that] my tongue will shout for joy about your righteousness because in your righteousness you will have saved me from undeserved adversities and/or unjust attacks by my enemies.
אֲ֭דֹנָי שְׂפָתַ֣י תִּפְתָּ֑ח וּ֝פִ֗י יַגִּ֥יד תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ 17 Lord to whom I am rightfully and willingly subject,[would you please] open my lips which are currently closed because of my adversity, so that my mouth will report praise concerning you for your character, salvific deeds, and mercy towards me.
כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְאֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה׃ 18 For hyperbolically speaking you do not delight in sacrifice[s] at least as much as or in lieu of such heartfelt praise, or else if you would delight in sacrifices, I would to give [them] hypothetically; presuming that is possible as is now the case, hyperbolically speaking you are not pleased with burnt offering[s] at least not by that sacrifice alone apart from a broken heart.
זִֽבְחֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים֮ ר֪וּחַ נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה לֵב־נִשְׁבָּ֥ר וְנִדְכֶּ֑ה אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א תִבְזֶֽה׃ 19 In place of a burnt offering the sacrifices [acceptable to] God in the sphere of my life in this world that is your cosmic temple are broken spirit[s] my inner being invisible to all but you that has been humbled by adversity and your discipline for my sin; a broken and crushed heart my will and desire that have been chastised and humbled by your disciplinary measures, God, you do not despise like you do wrong sacrifices offered without a humble heart.
הֵיטִ֣יבָה בִ֭רְצוֹנְךָ אֶת־צִיּ֑וֹן תִּ֝בְנֶ֗ה חוֹמ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ 20 Since the restoration of the king is inextricably linked to the fortunes of the nation and because your holy city needs further development and because Israel will practice covenant obedience I request you to do good in ways you have not yet done or are not currently doing to Zion your holy mountain that represents all of Jerusalem in accord with what pleases you because I know that you long to bless and exalt Zion and restore your people;[would you please] build the walls of Jerusalem that are not yet complete so it can take its place as the strong center of your (eschatological) kingdom.
אָ֤ז תַּחְפֹּ֣ץ זִבְחֵי־צֶ֭דֶק עוֹלָ֣ה וְכָלִ֑יל אָ֤ז יַעֲל֖וּ עַל־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ פָרִֽים׃ 21 When the Jerusalem temple is built and becomes the central worship site for Israel then you will delight in right sacrifices unlike the wrong sacrifices offered apart from a broken spirit and heartfelt praise because they are offered with the broken hearts of the sinners who turned back to you, in burnt offering[s] and whole offering[s] which will be included in the future temple cult; then [people] will offer up bulls on your altar in Jerusalem, instead of Gibeon, because the altar will have been moved to Jerusalem.




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Text (Hebrew) Verse Text (CBC)
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ 1 For the music director. A psalm. By David.
בְּֽבוֹא־אֵ֭לָיו נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֑יא כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־בָּ֝֗א אֶל־בַּת־שָֽׁבַע׃ 2 When Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had had sexual intercourse with Bathsheba.
חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱלֹהִ֣ים כְּחַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ מְחֵ֣ה פְשָׁעָֽי׃ 3 Show mercy to me, God, according to your loyalty; according to your abundant compassion wipe away my transgressions.
הַרְבֵּה כַּבְּסֵ֣נִי מֵעֲוֺנִ֑י וּֽמֵחַטָּאתִ֥י טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃ 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin,
כִּֽי־פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃ 5 because I am [continually] aware of my transgressions, and my sin is constantly in front of me.
לְךָ֤ לְבַדְּךָ֨ ׀ חָטָאתִי֮ וְהָרַ֥ע בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי לְ֭מַעַן תִּצְדַּ֥ק בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃ 6 Against you alone I have sinned, and I have done what is evil in your eyes, such that you are in the right whenever you speak, [and such that] you are faultless whenever you judge.
הֵן־בְּעָו֥וֹן חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃ 7 Look, I was born in iniquity, and in guilt my mother conceived me.
הֵן־אֱ֭מֶת חָפַ֣צְתָּ בַטֻּח֑וֹת וּ֝בְסָתֻ֗ם חָכְמָ֥ה תוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ 8 Look, you desire truth in the covered places, and you make me know wisdom in the closed-off place.
תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי בְאֵז֣וֹב וְאֶטְהָ֑ר תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג אַלְבִּֽין׃ 9 [Would you please] purify me with hyssop, so that I will be clean; [would you please] wash me, so that I will be whiter than snow.
תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃ 10 [Would you please] make me hear gladness and joy; [so that] the bones that you have crushed might rejoice.
הַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָ֑י וְֽכָל־עֲוֺ֖נֹתַ֣י מְחֵֽה 11 Hide your face from my sins, and wipe away all my iniquities.
לֵ֣ב טָ֭הוֹר בְּרָא־לִ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃ 12 Create a clean heart for me, God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
אַל־תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִי מִלְּפָנֶ֑יךָ וְר֥וּחַ קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ אַל־תִּקַּ֥ח מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ 13 Do not cast me away from before you, and do not take your holy spirit away from me.
הָשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֭י שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃ 14 Restore to me the gladness that results from your salvation, and [would you please] support me with a willing spirit.
אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ 15 I intend to teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִדָּמִ֨ים ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑י תְּרַנֵּ֥ן לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ 16 Deliver me from bloodshed, God, the God who saves me, [so that] my tongue will shout for joy about your righteousness.
אֲ֭דֹנָי שְׂפָתַ֣י תִּפְתָּ֑ח וּ֝פִ֗י יַגִּ֥יד תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ 17 Lord, [would you please] open my lips, so that my mouth will report praise concerning you.
כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְאֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה׃ 18 For you do not delight in sacrifice[s], or else I would give [them]; you are not pleased with burnt offering[s].
זִֽבְחֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים֮ ר֪וּחַ נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה לֵב־נִשְׁבָּ֥ר וְנִדְכֶּ֑ה אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א תִבְזֶֽה׃ 19 The sacrifices [acceptable to] God are broken spirit[s]; a broken and crushed heart, God, you do not despise.
הֵיטִ֣יבָה בִ֭רְצוֹנְךָ אֶת־צִיּ֑וֹן תִּ֝בְנֶ֗ה חוֹמ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ 20 Do good to Zion in accord with what pleases you; [would you please] build the walls of Jerusalem.
אָ֤ז תַּחְפֹּ֣ץ זִבְחֵי־צֶ֭דֶק עוֹלָ֣ה וְכָלִ֑יל אָ֤ז יַעֲל֖וּ עַל־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ פָרִֽים׃ 21 Then you will delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offering[s] and whole offering[s]; then [people] will offer up bulls on your altar.

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