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V. 1
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Preferred
Notes
alternative
SimpleGrammar
Fragment
Nominal
ConstructChain
noun: מִזְמוֹר a psalm
Nominal
noun: שִׁיר a song
Adjectival
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לְ for
Object
Nominal
ConstructChain
noun: יוֹם day
Nominal
article: הַ the
noun: שַּׁבָּת Sabbath
Notes
Alternative construct chain
v. 1 – The alternative construct chain is represented by the genitive found in the LXX (Ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς "A psalm of a song"), Symmachus (ᾆσμα ψαλμοῦ "a song of a psalm," from Syro-Hex. ܙܡܝܪܬܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪܐ), and Jerome, both Gall. and Hebr. (Psalmus cantici "a psalm of a song"), which does not seem to be followed, however, by modern translations.
Targum Psalm's conjunction (שבחא ושירא) has not been represented as an alternative, though it is followed by the DHH ("Salmo y cántico para el sábado").
V. 2
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Preferred
SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 2]
Fragment
ClauseCluster
Clause
Subject
Nominal
Clause
Predicate
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לְ to
Object
Clause
Predicate <gloss="praise YHWH">
verb-infinitive: הֹדוֹת praise
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לַ to
Object
noun: יהוָה YHWH
Predicate
verb: is
Complement
adjective: טוֹב right
Conjunction
conjunction: וּ and
Clause
Subject
Nominal
Clause
Predicate
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לְ to
Object
Clause
Predicate
verb-infinitive: זַמֵּר sing praise
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לְ to
Object
Nominal <gloss="your name">
ConstructChain
noun: שִׁמְ name
suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
Predicate <status="elided">
verb: is
Complement
adjective: טוֹב right
Fragment
Vocative
noun: עֶלְיוֹן Most High
Notes
Note for vv. 2-4
vv. 2-4 – Though not reflected in the MT, the LXX distinguishes between the pairs of infinitives in vv. 2-3. In the former, they are the subject of the complement טוֹב, while in the latter, they are read as the purpose of the praise in v. 2. The difficulties arise, therefore, with the meaning of the PPs in v. 4.
LXX (vv. 2-4): Ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ψάλλειν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ὕψιστε, τοῦ ἀναγγέλλειν τὸ πρωὶ τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου κατὰ νύκτα ἐν δεκαχόρδῳ ψαλτηρίῳ μετʼ ᾠδῆς ἐν κιθάρᾳ.
"It is good to acknowledge the Lord and to make music to your name, O Most High, in order to declare your mercy in the morning and your truth every night on a ten-stringed harp, with an ode on a lyre" (NETS)
Note that the Syr. provides a full sentence (without elision) for this verse: ܐܢܐ ܐܩܘܫ ܒܟܢܪܐ ܕܥܣܪ ܘܐܩܘܫ ܒܩܝܬܪܐ ("I will play on a harp of ten strings; I will play on a lyre"; Taylor 2020, 383).
V. 3
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Preferred
SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 3]
Fragment
ClauseCluster
Clause
Subject
Nominal
Clause
Predicate
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לְ to
Object
Clause
Predicate
verb-infinitive: הַגִּיד declare
Object
Nominal <gloss="your loyalty">
ConstructChain
noun: חַסְדֶּ loyalty
suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: בַּ in
Object
article: ה the <status="elided">
noun: בֹּקֶר morning
Adverbial <status="alternative">
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: עֲלֵי with
Object
noun: עָשׂוֹר a ten-stringed instrument
Conjunction
conjunction: וַ and
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: עֲלֵי with
Object
noun: נָבֶל a harp
Adverbial <status="alternative">
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: עֲלֵי with
Object
noun: הִגָּיוֹן a soft melody
Adjectival
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: בְּ on
Object
noun: כִנּוֹר a lyre
Predicate
verb: is <status="elided">
Complement
adjective: טוֹב right <status="elided">
Conjunction
conjunction: וֶ and
Clause
Subject
Nominal
Clause
Predicate
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: לְ to <status="elided">
Object
Clause
Predicate
verb-infinitive: הַגִּיד declare <status="elided">
Object
Nominal <gloss="your faithfulness">
ConstructChain
noun: אֱמוּנָתְ faithfulness
suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
Adverbial <gloss="at night">
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: בַּ in
Object
article: ה the <status="elided">
noun: לֵּילוֹת night
Predicate
verb: is <status="elided">
Complement
adjective: טוֹב right <status="elided">
Notes
Note for V. 3
- While the combination in the morning (בַּבֹּקֶר) and at night (בַּלֵּילוֹת) may simply refer to "all the time," it is notable that the morning is a time for deliverance and hope in the Psalms (Pss 5:4; 30:6; 46:6; 59:17; 90:14), while night is a time of trial and testing of faith (Pss 6:7; 30:6; 91:5).[1] The prepositional phrase indicates a point in time, rather than a frequentative reading, as every night.[2]
Note for V. 3
- See the following note from phrase-level: Note the frequentative reading in the LXX's κατὰ νύκτα "every night," rendered in the Gallican Psalter as the time frame per noctem "by night," though in the Iuxta Hebraeos as in nocte "in the night," as our preferred reading. (By extension, the action would be repeated every morning/night, even if the בְּ does not license a frequentative reading overtly, like the Greek κατά).
- ↑ As noted by Vogel, "The light of morning symbolizes manifestation, and kindness must be manifest. The darkness of night represents fearsome hiddenness, when observation is impossible and faith alone must sustain us" (Vogel 2000, 216). Alternatively, there may be hints of the Tamid offering in the morning and evening, as discussed in the exegetical issue, The Sabbath Day in Psalm 92, though lexically we would expect and בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם "in the evening" (see Exod 29:39; Num 28:4), rather than בַּלֵּילֽוֹת "at night."
- ↑ For the latter, see the LXX's κατὰ νύκτα "every night," rendered in the Gallican Psalter as the time frame per noctem "by night," while in the Iuxta Hebraeos as in nocte "in the night," as our preferred reading.