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The following table is from Fokkelman's '' … The following table is from Fokkelman's ''Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible'' Volume 2, Appendix I.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000FF7-QINU`"'</br>{| class="wikitable"</br>|-</br>! Strophe !! Verse !! Syllables per word !! Syllables per line !! Syllables per strophe</br>|-</br>| '''1''' || 2 || 2.2.2.2 / 4.1.5 || 8 + 10 = 18 || </br>|-</br>| || 3 || 3.4.1 / 4.2.2 || 8 + 8 = 16 || '''34'''</br>|-</br>| '''2''' || 4 || 2.3.2 / 4.4.4 || 7 + 12 = 19 || </br>|-</br>| || 5 || 1.3.3.3 / 3.3.2.1 || 10 + 9 = 19 || '''38'''</br>|-</br>| '''3''' || 6 || 3.2.3.2 / 2.3.3.2 || 10 + 10 = 20 ||</br>|-</br>| || 7 || 3.2.3.2 / 3.3.2.2 || 10 + 10 = 20 || '''40'''</br>|-</br>| '''4''' || 8 || 2.3.3.2 / 2.3.2 || 10 + 7 = 17 ||</br>|-</br>| || 9 || 2.2.2.2 / 2.3.4 || 8 + 9 = 17 || '''34'''</br>|-</br>| '''5''' || 10 || 2.2.2.2 / 2.3.3 || 8 + 8 = 16 || </br>|-</br>| || 11 || 4.2.3.3 / 1.1.3.4.2 || 12 + 11 = 23 || '''39'''</br>|-</br>| '''6''' || 12 || 3.3.2.2 / 3.3.4 || 10 + 10 = 20 ||</br>|-</br>| || 13 || 1.2.2.2.2 / 1.2.3.3 || 9 + 9 = 18 || '''38'''</br>|-</br>| '''7''' || 14 || 3.2.2.2.4 / 4.3.1 || 13 + 8 = 21 || </br>|-</br>| || 15 || 2.4.1.5 / 3.1.2.3.5 || 12 + 14 = 26 || '''47'''</br>|-</br>| '''8''' || 16 || 3.2.2.2 / 2.1.3.3.2 || 9 + 11 = 20 || </br>|-</br>| || 17 || 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.2.2 || 8 + 8 = 16 || '''36'''</br>|-</br>| '''9''' || 18 || 3.3.3 / 1.2.3.3 || 9 + 9 = 18 || </br>|-</br>| || 19 || 1.1.2.3.2 / 2.3.2.2 || 9 + 9 = 18 || '''36'''</br>|-</br>| '''10''' || 20 || 2.2.1.2.2 / 4.2.1.3 || 9 + 10 = 19 || </br>|-</br>| || 21 || 2.2.2.2 / 3.2.2.2 || 8 + 9 = 17 || '''36'''</br>|}</br>*"Psalm 9 has 378 syllables, Ps. 10 has 351. The entire poem as 81 cola with 729 syllables; average number of syllables per colon 9.00."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000FF8-QINU`"'</br>*"Ps. 9 contains four strophes showing an internal symmetry, as they have the same figure for both their verses, increasing by one point in the series:"'"`UNIQ--ref-00000FF9-QINU`"'</br>::Strophe 4: 17 + 17</br>::Strophe 9: 18 + 18</br>::Strophe 2: 19 + 19</br>::Strophe 3: 20 + 20</br>*Fokkelman counts v.13b as 1.2.3.3, but, by his own method, צַעֲקַ֥ת has only 2 syllables (cf. מִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵי in v.14b).y 2 syllables (cf. מִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵי in v.14b). +
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