Psalms 65

 This could be a thought for the whole season of Lent. I have always been struck by the mute praise. No need for too much sounding off! Tate explains the idea of Zion, "located between what were the Tyropoean and Kidron Valleys, and which is known today as the Temple Mount, on which is located the beautiful Moslem shrine known as the Dome of the Rock." Yet he reaches out in every comment to the universality of the psalm.

Following Tate to some extent in his explanation, he comments on tpilh, counting by some means 77 occurrences in "the OT" and 32 in the Psalter. I don't know how to verify these counts. They don't agree with my analysis of the data of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. I have a total of 168 for stem pll in 151 vs, 20 like tplh in 20 vs. I get 36 verses in the Psalter for the root (=stem) pll. My numbers too come from two different transformations. 1. I reduce all words to their root. 2. I count raw transformations in the database for my own use and SimHebrew transformations in the concordance. It only goes to show that numbers are not very important here. I have listed and linked below the 94 distinct roots used in this psalm.

All flesh he reads with an eschatological thrust, meaning all "mankind" (a word I never use). I don't know why he would exclude walruses. (I just watched one doing calisthenics.)

On cpr, cover, he cites three occurrences, Psalms 65:4, 78:38, 79:9. He does not include Psalms 49:8, perhaps because it is a noun. I do not distinguish nouns and verbs in my concordance. Nor do I tell you the form of the word or its gender. But you will find all 11 occurrences of cpr in the Psalms. (Check out the references for possible wordplay. Note that some Bible versions differ in their verse numbers. I may eventually link to the exact SimHebrew verse in another life of the concordance.)

In this psalm we have one of 25(?) "beatitudes" in the Psalter. I always render them as happy unless I need the a for an acrostic, then I render it all joy.

Awesome deeds, Tate's rendering of noraot, will be found under ira, 83 times in the Psalms, always rendered by fear/fearful in my translation. The domain of fear has many different words in Hebrew and English. I did not find it necessary to shuffle them. (Nor do I think they should be so shuffled as they are in every other translation into any language that I have looked at).

	thlim		Psalms
	sh		65
a	lmnxk mzmor ldvid wir.	1	For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
b	lç dumiih thilh alohim bxion, ulç iwulm-ndr.	2	To you mute praise, O God in Zion, and to you a vow is paid.
g	womy tpilh, ydiç cl-bwr iboau.	3	The one who hears prayer, to you will all flesh come.
d	dbri yvonot gbru mni. pwyinu ath tcprm.	4	Matters of iniquities prevail from me. Our transgressions you yourself will cover over.
h	awri tbkr utqrb iwcon kxriç. nwbyh b'tub bitç, qdow hiclç.	5	Happy the one chosen and brought near, who will dwell in your courts. We will be satisfied in the good of your house, the holy of your temple.
v	noraot bxdq tynnu alohi iwynu, mb'tk cl-qxvvi-arx vim rkoqim,	6	Fearful things in righteousness you will answer us, O God of our salvation, the trust of all the extremes of the earth and remote sea,
z	mcin hrim bcoko, nazr bgburh,	7	establishing mountains by his power, girded with valour,
k	mwbik waon imim waon glihm vhmon laumim.	8	soothing the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the tribes.
't	viirau iowbi qxvot maototiç. moxai boqr vyrb trnin.	9	And those sitting at the extremes fear from your signs. You will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to shout for joy.
i	pqdt harx vtwoqqha rbt tywrnh plg alohim mla mim. tcin dgnm ci-cn tcinha.	10	You visit the earth and make it bountiful, exceedingly you made it rich. The stream of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so you prepare for her.
ia	tlmih rvvh nkt gdudih. brbibim tmoggnh xmkh tbrç.	11	Ridges you saturate to penetrate her grooves. In copious showers you make her soft. The growth you will bless.
ib	yi'trt wnt 'tobtç, umygliç irypun dwn.	12	You have crowned a year with your good, and your tracks drip fatness.
ig	irypu naot mdbr, vgil gbyot tkgornh.	13	The haunts of the wilderness drip, and the hillocks attired rejoice.
id	lbwu crim hxan vymqim iy'tpu-br. itroyyu af-iwiru.	14	Clothed are meadows with flocks, and valleys draped with corn. They shout in triumph. Also they sing.

94 distinct roots are used in the Hebrew of this Psalm. Animal xan Appeal ynh wmy Approach qrb Bodypart bwr City bit kxr Clothe azr kgr lbw y'tp Conj ci cn Covenant avt bkr brc hicl ndr wby Defense gdd Distant qxh rkq Enemy hmvn Family lam Fear ira Flourish 'tvb iwy cr mla wvq God alvh Harvest br dgn dwn mvg xmk tlm Heaven arx yrb Hide cpr Holy xdq qdw Joy awr gil nah rvy rnn Judgment nkt Location xivn Measure ywr rbb rbh Modifier cl Music zmr wir Office nxk Particle ap Person dvd Place wcn Praise hll pll wbk Prep l mn yd Pronoun-Sa ath Protect cvn Quiet dmh Rule iwb y'tr Sin yvn pwy Strength gbr ck Teaching pqd Time bqr wnh Trust b'tk Valley gby hr ymq Vexation wah Walk bva ixa Water gl im mim plg rvh ryp Way ygl Whole wlm Wild mdbr Work dbr

I set this to its music based on the te'amim.