Psalm 7/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/7/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/7Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD7kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0/edit?gid=702747086#gid=702747086

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 79
  2. Add the DiscourseSheetID property like this:
{{ResourceSite
|DiscourseSheetID=7Ni8QMdjRtxVFj_eAcSD7kgnWmoNTLMZy0zvykIT8ku0
|DiscourseSheet=2PACX-7vS309bCf4RkDjHEczGiDnZtOACqV94-DLwI_bYlzt5hugBM25ddPLVwaRETsZ9SyB46-7SpcGm3U8bX/pub?gid=702747086
}}

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/77TAMP7KpcaMTXBf5qS0C-mflnt-7srgJTWns6bLRD_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
שִׁגָּי֗וֹן לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֥ר לַיהוָ֑ה עַל־דִּבְרֵי־כ֝֗וּשׁ בֶּן־יְמִינִֽי׃ 1 A shiggāyōn of David that he sang to YHWH concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite who accused David of breaking YHWH's Law by breaking an alliance. King Saul, the king of Israel before David, was also from the tribe of Benjamin, and he opposed David. Other Benjaminites supported Saul in his opposition to David, and they often accused David of wrongdoing. Cush was a member of Saul's cohort.
יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי בְּךָ֣ חָסִ֑יתִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי מִכָּל־רֹ֝דְפַ֗י וְהַצִּילֵֽנִי׃ 2 O YHWH, my God, you are a righteous God (v. 12a) who will cause justice to prevail. You are my king, and just as one takes refuge in a king, so in You that is, in your righteousness have I sought refuge from those who are chasing me because of Cush's accusations! Save me from all who chase me, and rescue me!
פֶּן־יִטְרֹ֣ף כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃ 3 Save me! Lest he maul me like a lion, to which enemies are often compared, tearing me apart, without anyone to rescue (me) and I die!
יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי אִם־עָשִׂ֣יתִי זֹ֑את אִֽם־יֶשׁ־עָ֥וֶל בְּכַפָּֽי׃ 4 O YHWH, my God, the Law requires that settling a civil offence involves taking an oath before You (Exod. 22:10; 1 King 8:31–32) and so I hereby take the following oath: if I have done this thing of which Cush is accusing me, if there is the following injustice in my hands that is, if I have acted in the following way,
אִם־גָּ֭מַלְתִּי שֽׁוֹלְמִ֥י רָ֑ע 5 Alliances and covenants of many kinds were common among Israelites (Tigay 1970, 183–4). Many such alliances involved a mutual obligation to treat each other's enemy as one's own (ibid). Not doing so was unacceptable (1 Kings 20:42; 2 Chron 19:2; 1 Sam 19:17), therefore if I have repaid my friend evil, or have delivered my foe who is also my friend's foe without cause, thereby violating an alliance,
יִֽרַדֹּ֥ף אוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ נַפְשִׁ֡י וְיַשֵּׂ֗ג וְיִרְמֹ֣ס לָאָ֣רֶץ חַיָּ֑י וּכְבוֹדִ֓י ׀ לֶעָפָ֖ר יַשְׁכֵּ֣ן סֶֽלָה׃ 6 may the enemy chase and overtake me, trample my life to the ground like a lion and make my glory dwell in the dust such that I die.
ק֘וּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ הִ֭נָּשֵׂא בְּעַבְר֣וֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י וְע֥וּרָה אֵ֝לַ֗י מִשְׁפָּ֥ט צִוִּֽיתָ׃ 7 It feels like you have been passive with regard to my situation. So now I ask, Rise up and take action, O YHWH, in Your anger as a warrior rises up before a battle! Lift Yourself up against the outbursts of my foes! Your commandments explicitly forbid false accusations (Deut 19:16–), of which Cush and those accompanying him are guilty. Therefore, Awake for action as a warrior awakens from sleep before a battle, for my sake, in accordance with the commandments that You commanded
וַעֲדַ֣ת לְ֭אֻמִּים תְּסוֹבְבֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ לַמָּר֥וֹם שֽׁוּבָה׃ 8 Legal cases often involved gatherings of people and I am pleading my case with you. So I hereby call for the quorum: And let a gathering of nations surround You! Then return over it, high above, to your judgement seat!
יְהוָה֮ יָדִ֪ין עַ֫מִּ֥ים שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה 9 YHWH judges people because you are a king, YHWH, and kings are responsible for executing judgement. You have the authority and wisdom to judge my case fairly; vindicate me, O YHWH, according to my righteousness I have not violated any alliances, as Cush claimed — and so righteousness, in this case is my integrity. I have remained loyal to all my allies.
יִגְמָר־נָ֬א רַ֨ע ׀ רְשָׁעִים֮ וּתְכוֹנֵ֪ן צַ֫דִּ֥יק וּבֹחֵ֣ן לִ֭בּ֗וֹת וּכְלָי֗וֹת אֱלֹהִ֥ים צַדִּֽיק׃ 10 Because I am confident that Cush's accusations are false, I ask you to Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and because I know that I am in the right, I ask you to make the righteous permanent! YHWH knows who is righteous and who is wicked, because The righteous God is one who examines the innermost parts from which the moral character of a person could be ascertained because these innermost parts are the seats of inner thoughts, emotions and intentions.
מָֽגִנִּ֥י עַל־אֱלֹהִ֑ים מ֝וֹשִׁ֗יעַ יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃ 11 My shield is held by God who protects me like a shield-bearer. He is also the one who, by protecting them from all danger saves the ones who, like me, are innocent and upright in heart.
אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּכָל־יֽוֹם׃ 12 God is a just judge from whom judgements go forth every day (Zeph 3:5), and a god who delivers punishment each day as he sees injustice happening each day.
אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ 13 Since YHWH, as king, acts as both a judge and a warrior, he both decides and executes the verdict of a judgement. If the wicked does not repent, just as a warrior uses weapons so YHWH will also use His weapons, which are the judgements that happen when His law is broken. YHWH will sharpen His sword. He has bent His bow, and prepared it.
וְ֭לוֹ הֵכִ֣ין כְּלֵי־מָ֑וֶת חִ֝צָּ֗יו לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים יִפְעָֽל׃ 14 And He has prepared deadly weapons for the wicked. He will make His arrows firebrands.
הִנֵּ֥ה יְחַבֶּל־אָ֑וֶן וְהָרָ֥ה עָ֝מָ֗ל וְיָ֣לַד שָֽׁקֶר׃ 15 Pay attention! Birth is a metaphor for crisis. The wicked will experience crisis when they break God's law. The wicked conceives evil deeds, is pregnant with wrongdoing , and gives birth to lies. These things will also happen to Cush and his group.
בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָֽה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל׃ 16 Falling into a pit one has made is a metaphor for one's own actions harming the actor in the end (Waltke 2004, 2:365–6). He began to dig a pit, and kept digging it, and fell into the pit he was making. Cush's actions will harm him in the end since the punishment for false accusations is to undergo the consequences of that accusation (Deut. 19:16–20).
יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְעַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ חֲמָס֥וֹ יֵרֵֽד׃ 17 His wrong doing will return upon his head , his violence will come down on the crown of his head.
אוֹדֶ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה כְּצִדְק֑וֹ וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה שֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ 18 I shall praise YHWH according to His righteousness by which he vindicates the innocent and punishes the guilty! I shall praise the name of YHWH Most High!




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