A checkpoint

I am quite surprised at how much I have done in 3 short years - working from almost zero knowledge of Hebrew to a point where I have drafted a translation of about 1/7th of the Hebrew Canon.

Links to my translations of the psalms are listed below. I have also done rough translations in jpg image form of Genesis 1 and The Song and a few other bits and pieces. I hope I will continue to read the Hebrew Bible and report my reading.

Those of you who are keen and younger than I have lots of opportunity to learn and read the original tongues. Just do it. And let your fear and prejudices fall away. But always remain open to challenge and correction. "Who is this that darkens counsel in speeches without knowledge?" - Just think - this question could be directed at you!

The Psalter kata Bob

• --1+2 and 149 Opening and closing bracket
• --3, 4, and 5 Opening personal cluster
• --6 and 143 Opening and closing penitential
• --7 Binding sorrow --8 What is the human?
• --9 and 10 Acrostic 1 -11 -12 and 13
• -14 and 53 Proleptic double of Maskil
• -15 and 24 Torah
• -16 Miktam -17 Prayer -18 Theophany -19 Torah
• -20 and 21 Royal prayer and response
• -22 -23 -24 -25 Acrostic 2
• -26 -27 -28 -29 Royal voice
• -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 Acrostic 3
• -35 -36 -37 The wicked Acrostic 4
• -38 -39 -40 and 90 -41 End of Book I
• -42 and 86 Bounds of the Elohist Psalter
• -43 -44 Maskil Lament -45 Maskil Royal Wedding
• -46 -47 and 48 Royal praise
• -49 Riddle -50 -51 Penitential -52 Maskil
• -53+ -54 -55 Maskilim -56 Miktam
• -57 -58 -59 Miktamim & do not destroy -60 Miktam
• -61 -62 -63 -64 -65 -66 -67
• -68 -69 Lilies -70 -71 -72 End of Book II
• -73 Opening the middle book
• -74 (you alone) -75 (I alone?) Do not destroy
• -76 You alone -77 knowledge -78 -79
• -80 -81 -82 -83 -84 -85
• -86+ Bounds of the Elohist Psalter -87
• -88 jammed -89 Closing the middle book
• -90+ Prayer 91 & response
• -92 -93 -94 -95
• -96, 97, 98, and 99 A royal cluster
• 100 101 102 in your face
• 103 104 105 106 Historical group ends Book IV
• 107 108 109 110 Youthful wounded Royal Priest
• 111 112 Acrostics 5 and 6
• 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 Acrostic 7
• 120 121 122 123 124 125 songs of the steps
• 126 127 128 129 130 131 songs of the steps
• 132 133 134 songs of the steps 135 Hallel
• 136 137 138 139
• 140, 141, and 142 Closing personal cluster
• 143+ Closing inner bracket - penitential
• 144 What is the human? 145 Last acrostic
• 146 147 148 Hallel cluster
• 149+ 150 Closing summary and Doxology