Exegetical Issues

Psalm 1

• The Identity of the Person in Ps 1:1
• The Grammar of Ps 1:3d
• The Meaning of מִשׁפָּט in Ps. 1:5

Psalm 2

• The Meaning of נָסַכְתִּי in Ps 2:6
• The Meaning of גִילוּ בִּרְעָדָה in Ps 2:11
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 2:12a

Psalm 3

• The Verbal Semantics of Psalm 3:5 (Draft)
• The Verbal Semantics of Psalm 3:6 (Draft)
• The Verbal Semantics of Psalm 3:8b–c (Draft)

Psalm 4

• The Problem of Psalm 4 (Draft)
• The Text of Ps 4:3 (Draft)
• The Meaning of רגזו in Ps. 4:5
• The Grammar of Ps. 4:7b

Psalm 5

• The Meaning of אֶֽעֱרָךְ in Psa. 5:4 (Draft)
• The Meaning of the Phrase בְצִדְקָתֶךָ in Psalm 5:9 (Draft)
• The Meaning of הַאֲשִׁימֵם in Ps 5:11 (Draft)

Psalm 6

• Sickness and Enemies in Psalm 6
• The Meaning of הַשְּׁמִינִית in Ps. 6:1
• The Meaning of שׁוּבָה in Ps. 6:5 (Draft)

Psalm 7

• The Text and Meaning of Psalm 7:5b
• The Text, Grammar and Meaning of Psalm 7:7c
• Who Are the Subjects in Psalm 7:13–14?

Psalm 8

• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 8:2b
• The Meaning of Ps. 8:3
• The Meaning of אלהים in Ps 8:6

Psalm 9

• Were Psalm 9 and 10 Originally One Psalm?
• The Verbal Semantics of Psalm 9:4
• The Grammar and Meaning of Psalm 9:7
• The Meaning of מוֹרָה in Ps 9:21

Psalm 10

• Were Psalm 9 and 10 Originally One Psalm?
• The Grammar and Meaning of Psalm 10:3b
• The Division of Psalm 10:15

Psalm 11

• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 11:1b
• The Semantics of Ps. 11:3
• The Division of Ps. 11:5

Psalm 12

• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 12:6c
• The Meaning of the Phrase בַּעֲלִיל לָאָרֶץ in Ps 12:7b
• The Grammar of Ps. 12:8b

Psalm 13

• The Meaning of Ps. 13:3a
• The Meaning of Ps. 13:4b
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 13:6d

Psalm 14

• Grammar, Participants, and Meaning of Psalm 14:4
• Grammar and Meaning of Ps 14:6
• The Meaning of שׁוּב and שְׁבוּת in Ps 14:7

Psalm 15

• The Meaning of "Dwell in Your Tent" in Ps. 15:1
• The Meaning of Psalm 15:3c
• The Meaning of לְהָרַע in Ps 15:4c

Psalm 17

• The Form and Function of זמתי in Ps 17:3
• The Text of Ps 17:11a
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 17:14
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 17:14 Part II (Draft)

Psalm 18

• Are There Preterite Yiqtols in Psalm 18?
• Non-Initial Yiqtols in Psalm 18:1–20
• The Form and Meaning of נִחֲתָ֥ה in Psalm 18:35

Psalm 19

• The Unity of Ps 19
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 19:5a
• The Meaning of זֵדִים in Ps 19:14

Psalm 20

• The Text of Ps. 20:6b (Draft)
• The Verbal Semantics of הֹושִׁיעַ in Psalm 20:7 (Draft)
• The Division of Psalm 20:10 (Draft)

Psalm 21

• The Subject(s) in Ps. 21:9-13
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 21:10a
• The Meaning of Psalm 21:13

Psalm 22

• The Text, Grammar and Participants of Ps 22:9
• The Text of Ps. 22:17b
• The Text and Grammar of Ps 22:30

Psalm 23

• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 23:3b
• The Meaning of צלמות in Ps 23:4
• The Text of Ps. 23:6b

Psalm 24

• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 24:4b
• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 24:6
• The Meaning of "Doors" (פִּתְחֵי) in Ps 24:7, 9

Psalm 25

• The Text and Meaning of Ps 25:17a (Draft)

Psalm 26

• The Grammar of Ps. 26:1b
• The Meaning of מְעוֹן in Ps 26:8 (Draft)
• The Text of Ps. 26:12 (Draft)

Psalm 27

• The Meaning of וּלְבַקֵּר in Ps 27:4 (Draft)
• The Text and Meaning of Psalm 27:8a (Draft)
• The Textual and Logical Issues with לוּלֵא in Ps 27:13 (Draft)

Psalm 28

• The Meaning of וּמִשִּׁירִי in Ps. 28:7b
• The Identity of the "Anointed" in Ps. 28:8b
• The Text of Ps. 28:8a

Psalm 29

• The Syntactic Function of קוֹל יְהוָה in Ps 29
• The Grammar of Ps. 29:6
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 29:7
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 29:9

Psalm 31

• The Text of Psalm 31:7
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 31:12
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 31:22

Psalm 33

• Participles in Ps 33:7
• Psalm 33:7 - Heap, Wineskin, or Jar?
• Ps 33:20-21 - Praise for Salvation?

Psalm 34

• The Relationship Between Ps. 34 and its Historical Superscription
• The Text of Ps. 34:6
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 34:18

Psalm 36

• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 36:2a
• The Syntax and Meaning of Ps. 36:3
• The Division of Ps. 36:8

Psalm 37

• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps 37:20
• The Text of Ps 37:28
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 37:35b

Psalm 38

• The Meaning of לְהַזְכִּיר in Ps 38:1
• The Function of כִּי in Ps 38:16
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 38:20

Psalm 40

• The Meaning of Psalm 40:7 (Draft)
• The Meaning of Psalm 40:8 (Draft)

Psalm 42

• The Morphology and Mearning of אדדם in Ps 42:5 (Draft)
• The Morphology and Meaning of אדדם in Ps 42:5 (Draft)

Psalm 44

• The Line Division of Ps. 44:2–3
• The Speaker of Ps. 44:5, 7, and 16
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 44:5

Psalm 45

• The Division and Syntax of Ps. 45:6 (Draft)
• The Referent of God (Elohim) in Ps. 45:7 (Draft)
• The Identity of the Daughter of Tyre in Ps. 45:13 (Draft)

Psalm 46

• The River and Its Streams in Ps 46
• The Meaning of עגלות in Ps 46:10
• The Raging Waters in Ps 46:2-4

Psalm 49

• The Text and Meaning of Ps 49:8a (Draft)
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 49:12 (Draft)
• The Syntax and Meaning of Ps 49:16 (Draft)

Psalm 51

• The Meaning of טֻּחוֹת and סָתֻם in Ps 51:8
• The Verbal Semantics of Ps 51:8b
• Psalm 51:20-21 and the Story Behind Psalm 51

Psalm 53

• The Differences Between Psalms 14 and 53 (Draft)
• The Verbal Semantics of Psalm 53:6 (Draft)
• The Meaning of שָׁם in Psalm 53:6 (Draft)

Psalm 67

• Psalm 67: Looking Back, Looking Forward, or Both? (Draft)
• Verbal Semantics of Psalm 67 (Draft)
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 67:3 (Draft)

Psalm 68

• The meaning of ערבות in Psalm 68:5 (Draft)
• The Grammar and Meaning of Psalm 68:19c (Draft)
• The Text, Grammar and Meaning of מִתְרַפֵּ֥ס בְּרַצֵּי־כָ֑סֶף (Psa. 68:31) (Draft)

Psalm 78

• The Syntactic Function of זֶה in Ps 78:54 (Draft)
• The Identity of the "Adversaries" in Ps 78:66 (Draft)

Psalm 88

• The Meaning of חָפְשִׁי in Ps 88:6
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 88:16b
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 88:19b

Psalm 89

• The Identity of Ethan the Ezrahite in Ps 89:1 (Draft)
• The Text and Meaning of Ps 89:38b (Draft)
• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps 89:51b (Draft)

Psalm 91

• The Grammar and Participants of Ps. 91:2 (Draft)
• The Discourse of Ps. 91 (Draft)
• The Grammar of Ps. 91:9 (Draft)

Psalm 92

• The Sabbath Day in Ps 92
• The Syntax of Ps 92:8
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps 92:11b

Psalm 93

• The Text and Meaning of Ps 93:3 (Draft)
• The Grammar of Ps. 93:4 (Draft)
• The Meaning of Ps 93:5b (Draft)

Psalm 95

• The Syntax of Ps 95:7-8 (Draft)

Psalm 97

• The Meaning of יְהוָה מָלָךְ (Draft)

Psalm 98

• Which Victory Is Alluded to in Ps. 98:1 (Draft)
• The Tense of the Qatal Verbs in Ps. 98:1–3 (Draft)
• The Morphology of בָא in Ps 98:9 (Draft)

Psalm 100

• The Meaning of לְתוֹדָה in Ps 100:1
• The Addressee of Ps 100
• The Text and Meaning of Ps. 100:3

Psalm 105

• The Negator, Emendation, and Subjects in Ps 105:28b (Draft)

Psalm 109

• The Meaning of Ps 109:4b
• The Speaker of Ps 109:6-19
• The Meaning of Ps 109:20

Psalm 110

• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 110:3
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 110:4
• The Subject(s) in Ps. 110:5-7

Psalm 111

• The Syntax and Meaning of Ps. 111:6
• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 111:8b
• The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 111:10b

Psalm 112

• The Identity of the Person in Psalm 112
• The Syntax of Psalm 112:2b
• The Syntax and Subject(s) in Ps. 112:4

Psalm 118

• The Identity of "Those Who Fear YHWH" in Ps. 118:4 (Draft)
• The Stone of Ps. 118:22 (Draft)
• The Meaning of Ps. 118:27c (Draft)

Psalm 119

• The Meaning of תּוֹרָה in Ps 119
• The Grammar and Meaning of Ps. 119:126
• The Cohesion of Ps. 119:41-48

Psalm 132

• The Meaning of ענותו in Ps. 132:1 (Draft)
• The Place Names in Ps. 132:6 (Draft)
• Priests Wearing Righteousness in Ps. 132:9 (Draft)

Psalm 133

• The Meaning of שֶׁבֶת אַחִים גַּם יָחַד in Ps 133:1 (Draft)
• The Antecedent of שֶׁיֹּרֵד in Ps. 133:2 (Draft)
• The Function and Scope of כִּי in Ps. 133:3 (Draft)

Psalm 134

• Who Are the "Servants of YHWH" in Ps 134:1? (Draft)
• The Function of הִנֵּ֤ה ׀ in Psalm 134:1 (Draft)
• The Meaning of קֹדֶשׁ in Ps 134:2 (Draft)

Psalm 150

• The Meaning of בִּרְקִיעַ עֻזּוֹ in Ps. 150:1 (Draft)
• Participants and Places in Ps. 150:1 (Draft)
• The Instruments in Ps. 150 (Draft)