Seeing the Psalter
Patterns of Recurrence in the Poetry of the Psalms
Published on 31. January 2013
525 pages
978-1-938434-63-1 (ISBN)
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What is the key to both seeing and hearing the ancient poetry of the 150 Psalms?
Seeing the Psalter is a detailed examination of patterns of repeated words and sounds in each psalm and between psalms. The obvious surface soundscape is generally obscured by translations from the Hebrew. The translation in this book preserves the sounds of repeated words and their patterned sequences so that readers can hear this primary technique of the ancient writers.
It is true that parallelism is an important concept, but it is partially subjective, whereas repeated sounds are objective if they are preserved. It is also true that there is a third important factor, the music embedded in the Hebrew text itself. This translation includes an introduction to the music.
These poems of the Psalter are among the most beloved of all poetry. Now they can be read in English paying attention to the patterns of word usage in the Hebrew.
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Transcriptions
- The letters and their roles
- The letters and their sounds
- Introduction
- Poetry
- Translation
- Technique
- Reading in English
- Psalm 1 - the way of the wicked and the righteous
- Psalm 2 - I, my king, and the kings of the earth
- Excursus - Paired Consecutive Psalms
- Psalm 3 - A psalm of David, a multitude of peoples rising, salvation
- Psalm 4 - A psalm of David, I call, you hear : you offer, you trust
- Psalm 5 - A psalm of David, my voice in the morning in you
- Psalm 6 - A psalm of David, my being vexed and shamed much
- Psalm 7 - A reel of David, judgment, toil and trouble
- Psalm 8 - A psalm of David, ???? our Lord how majestic your name
- Excursus - Acrostics
- Psalm 9 - A psalm of David, sing a psalm perpetually
- Psalm 10 - the poor, the hapless, the orphan, spurned
- Brief Summary from Psalms 1 to 10
- Psalm 11 - Of David, love tested to gaze on the upright
- Psalm 12 - A psalm of David, lips, tongue, divide
- Psalm 13 - A psalm of David, how long please?
- Psalm 14 - Of David, there is none good, dread
- Psalm 15 - A psalm of David, a sevenfold no
- Brief Summary from Psalms 11 to 15
- Psalm 16 - Miktam, of David, pleasures and the right hand
- Psalm 17 - A prayer of David, satisfied, ears and eyes
- Psalm 18 - Of David, the servant, complete, secure
- Psalm 19 - A psalm of David, night to night, extremities
- Psalm 20 - A psalm of David, holy answer, filled
- Psalm 21 - A psalm of David, strength, blessing, set
- Excursus - Hell for those enemies
- Psalm 22 - A psalm of David, praise to the hart of the dawn
- Psalm 23 - A psalm of David
- Psalm 24 - Of David, a psalm, lift up your heads
- Psalm 25 - Of David, I wait, in covenant teach me your paths
- Brief Summary from Psalms 16 to 25
- Psalm 26 - Of David, walk in completeness
- Psalm 27 - Of David, I seek, do not forsake
- Psalm 28 - Of David, hear the voice of my supplication
- Psalm 29 - A psalm of David, ascribe beauty, the cedars of Lebanon
- Psalm 30 - A psalm, a song . of David, acceptance, thank you
- Psalm 31 - A psalm of David, swollen, strong rock
- Psalm 32 - Of David, an insight, transgression, iniquity
- Psalm 33 - sing, counsel stands
- Psalm 34 - Of David, the madness of taste, nothing lacking
- Brief Summary from Psalms 26 to 34
- Excursus - On the good.
- Psalm 35 - Of David, contend my contention
- Psalm 36 - Of David, an oracle, light in mischief
- Psalm 37 - Of David, burning, delight
- Brief Summary from Psalms 35 to 37
- Psalm 38 - A psalm of David, to remember, referee, flesh
- Psalm 39 - Of Jeduthun, a psalm of David, futility, bound
- Psalm 40 - Of David, a psalm, behold, continually unrestrained
- Psalm 41 - A psalm of David, in me, amen
- Summary of Book 1
- Brief Summary from Psalms 38 to 41
- Introduction to Book 2
- Psalm 42 - An insight of the children of Korah, depressed, abyss
- Psalm 43
- Psalm 44 - Of the children of Korah, an insight, flock, reproach
- Psalm 45 - Of the children of Korah, an insight, beautiful, escorted
- Excursus - An allegory of Love
- Psalm 46 - Of the children of Korah. a song, she will not be moved
- Psalm 47 - Of the children of Korah, a psalm, il monte et voilà, un cri de joie
- Psalm 48 - A song, a psalm . of the children of Korah, the city of our God
- Psalm 49 - Of the children of Korah, a psalm, proverbial, precious, earthling, beast
- Brief Summary from Psalms 42 to 49
- Psalm 50 - A psalm of Asaph, silence, goats
- Psalm 51 - A psalm of David, wipe out, cleanse, wash, joy indeed
- Psalm 52 - An insight of David, deceit, calamity
- Psalm 53 - An insight of David
- Brief Summary from Psalms 50 to 53
- Psalm 54 - An insight of David
- Psalm 55 - An insight of David, inner, close combat
- Psalm 56 - Of David, a miktam, will not, bear down
- Psalm 57 - Of David, a miktam, roused
- Psalm 58 - Of David, a miktam, heat, snake charming
- Psalm 59 - Of David, a miktam, dog, of the evening
- Psalm 60 - A miktam of David, Edom
- Psalm 61 - Of David, my vow
- Psalm 62 - For Jeduthun, a psalm of David, of lies, mute
- Psalm 63 - A psalm of David, joy
- Excursus - Foxes
- Psalm 64 - A psalm of David, suddenly, plan
- Psalm 65 - A psalm of David, a song, drip, noise
- Psalm 66 - A song, a psalm, refining
- Psalm 67
- Brief Summary from Psalms 54 to 67
- Psalm 68 - Of David, a psalm, captivity captive, riding
- Psalm 69 - Of David, sink, overflowing, floods
- Psalm 70 - Of David, hurry
- Psalm 71 - announce, youth, age
- Psalm 72 - Of Solomon, the needy the sun, moon, and Sheba
- Summary of Book 2
- Brief Summary from Psalms 68 to 72
- Outline of the Psalter
- Introduction to Book 3
- Psalm 73 - A psalm of Asaph, how is the heart touched so
- Psalm 74 - An insight of Asaph, senseless, the signs and the appointed place
- Psalm 75 - A psalm of Asaph, a song, the horn
- Psalm 76 - A psalm of Asaph, a song
- Psalm 77 - For Jeduthun, of Asaph, a psalm, prodigality
- Psalm 78 - An insight of Asaph, guiding, provoked, people
- Psalm 79 - A psalm of Asaph, the pouring out of Jerusalem
- Excursus - Vengeance
- Psalm 80 - A testimony of Asaph, a psalm, the rooted vine in tears
- Psalm 81 - Of Asaph
- Psalm 82 - A psalm of Asaph, judge in favour of the weak
- Psalm 83 - A psalm of Asaph, no, not silence
- Psalm 84 - Of the children of Korah, a psalm, the courts of ????
- Psalm 85 - Of the children of Korah, a psalm
- Psalm 86 - A prayer of David
- Excursus - Inscriptions
- Psalm 87 -Of the children of Korah, a psalm, a song, who was born here?
- Psalm 88 - A song, a psalm of the children of Korah, an insight of Heyman the Ezrahite
- Psalm 89 - An insight of Ethan the Ezrahite, anointed, not profaned
- Summary of Book 3
- Brief Summary from Psalms 73 to 89
- Introduction to Book 4
- Psalm 90 - A prayer of Moses, renew
- Psalm 91
- Psalm 92 - A psalm, a song to the day of the Sabbath, luxuriant, flourishing
- Psalm 93 - the rivers
- Psalm 94 - until when vengeance, fashioning, annihilation
- Excursus - Beatitudes
- Psalm 95 - they
- Psalm 96 - the world
- Psalm 97
- Psalm 98 - A psalm, on the harp
- Psalm 99
- Psalm 100 - A psalm
- Brief Summary from Psalms 90 to 100
- Psalm 101 - Of David, a psalm
- Psalm 102 - A prayer of the poor, dried up, field-grass
- Psalm 103 - Of David, nurturing compassion
- Psalm 104 - drink, the upper rooms
- Psalm 105 - Abraham, portents, borders
- Psalm 106 - reeds, Moses in the breach, plague, and idols
- Summary of Book 4
- Brief Summary from Psalms 101 to 106
- Introduction to Book 5
- Psalm 107 - the cry, hunger, iron, waves, tempest and fruit
- Psalm 108 - A song, a psalm of David
- Psalm 109 - Of David, a psalm, the accuser
- Psalm 110 - Of David, a psalm, an oracle
- Psalm 111 - Verily his righteousness stands in perpetuity
- Psalm 112
- Brief Summary from Psalms 107 to 112
- Psalm 113 - to live with princes
- Psalm 114 - hillocks like lambkin skipping
- Psalm 115 - trust and blessing
- Psalm 116 - beseeching
- Psalm 117
- Psalm 118 - the circumcision
- Psalm 119 - I, take note, pathway, revel
- Brief Summary from Psalms 113 to 119
- Excursus - Music
- Psalm 120
- Psalm 121 - no snoozing
- Psalm 122 - Of David
- Psalm 123 - of contempt
- Psalm 124 - Of David, unless ... then, escape, snare
- Psalm 125
- Psalm 126
- Psalm 127 - Of Solomon, in vain
- Psalm 128
- Psalm 129
- Psalm 130
- Psalm 131 - Of David
- Psalm 132 - rest, Mighty One, priest
- Psalm 133 - Of David
- Psalm 134
- Psalm 135
- Psalm 136 - in parts
- Psalm 137 - Babel, expose
- Psalm 138 - Of David
- Psalm 139 - Of David, a psalm, from you, examine me
- Psalm 140 - A psalm of David, violence
- Psalm 141 - A psalm of David, traps
- Psalm 142 - An insight of David, appeal
- Psalm 143 - A psalm of David
- Psalm 144 - Of David, set me free, a bolt of lightning
- Psalm 145 - A praise of David
- Brief Summary from Psalms 120 to 145
- Psalm 146
- Psalm 147 - favour
- Psalm 148
- Psalm 149
- Psalm 150 - cymbals
- Brief Summary from Psalms 146 to 150
- Summary of Book 5
- Structural Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading on the psalms
- Bibliography
- Indexes
- Glossary
- Hebrew-English
- English-Hebrew
