The Psalter kata Bob

* indicates there is a music link in the post. *v means that it is the reconstructed music based on the chironomy of the te-amim according to Suzanne Vantoura. Note - 2011-2012 all these posts are under revision as companion posts to the notes at the Poetry of Christ blog.

1	2*	3*	4	5	6*	7	8	9-10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19*v	20	21*
22	23*+v	24*v	25	26	27*v	28	29	30	31
32	33	34*	35	36	37	38	39*	40	41
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42* 43	44	45*	46	47*	48*	49	50*	51*	52
53	54	55*	56	57	58	59	60	61	62
63*	64	65	66	67v	68	69	70*	71	72
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73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82
83	84*	85	86	87	88	89
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90*	91*+v	92	93	94	95	96*v	97	98	99
100*v	101	102*	103	104	105	106
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107	108	109	110*	111	112*	113*v	114*	115*	116
117*	118*	119	120	121*+v	122*	123	124	125	126
127	128	129	130*v	131	132*	133	134	135*	136
137*v	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146
147	148*v	149	150*



The Psalter - an outline of the floor plan

The following are largely unchanged from my pass 2 translation - for pass 3 (and 4) you can see the psalms on the Dust blog - above.  (For pass 1 to which the image above could also be directed go here.)

• --1+2 and 149 Opening and closing bracket
• --3, 4, and 5 Opening personal cluster (4 - 2010)
• --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 (traditionally pss 42-83)
• -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+  -87
• -88 jammed -89 Closing the middle book
• -90+91 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

Colourful Portrait of the Psalter - this was pass 1 - a word and phrase at a time
Structural thematic map - the first try at seeing the whole.