Psalms 14 is doubled in Psalms 53. Psalms 14 uses ihvh. Psalms 53 uses Elohim. (The 150 psalms are organized as a sandwich. The bread is ihvh and the meat Elohim.) The linked post for 53 above was written in January, a time when the godly were behaving badly - and many still are. The second linked post was written in 2011.
Why is Psalms 14 part of the current series, 11-25? Is there an emotional / conceptual / theological progression from 11-25?
Like 53, most of the verses are tricola. As I noted back in January on Psalms 53, nbl, the senseless, is a musical instrument. So sing. It is also corpse! Whoever invented this Holy Tongue has a sense of humour. Who has not seen the trouble of this world? The illnesses, the accidents, the genetic mutilations of normalcy, autoimmune diseases, the fear, the privilege, the self-protection, the wars ... But the Scripture and its aspirate reality gives 'stamina' (a favorite word of Janos Sandorof blessed memory, a conductor and friend raised under the Soviets).
Senseless said / says, God? of no account. Is God a failure? The creation is good. The human children are not doing good. Good is a complex number. There is an imaginary part that can be expressed as a quantum superposition. A probability. It gives us room to move.
thlim id | Psalms 14 | Fn | Min | Max | Syll |
a lmnxk ldvid amr nbl blibo ain alohim hwkitu htyibu ylilh ain yowh-'tob | 1 For the leader. Of David. Senseless said in its heart, God? Nothing. They destroy, they do abomination, wantonness. There is none doing good. | 3e | 4C | 7 11 13 |
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b ihvh mwmiim hwqif yl-bni-adm lraot hiw mwcil dorw at-alohim | 2 Yahweh, from the heavens, leaned over to have a look at the human children, to see if there was any insight, searching out God. | 3d | 4B | 11 6 6 |
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g hcol sr ikdiv nalku ain yowh-'tob ain gm-akd | 3 The lot of them are stubborn, altogether corrupt. There is none doing good, not even a single one. | 3d | 4C | 9 4 4 |
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d hloa idyu cl-poyli-avvn aocli ymi aclu lkm ihvh la qrau | 4 Did they not know, all these workers of mischief, eating my people as they eat bread? Yahweh they do not call. | 3d | 4B | 9 8 6 |
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h wm pkdu pkd ci-alohim bdor xdiq | 5 There they dread dread, because God is in the generation of one who is righteous. | C | 3e | 4C | 6 7 |
v yxt-yni tbiwu ci ihvh mkshu | 6 You shame the advice of the poor, because Yahweh is their refuge. | 3e | 4B | 7 6 |
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z mi iitn mxion iwuyt iwral bwub ihvh wbut ymo igl iyqob iwmk iwral | 7 When will the salvation of Israel be given from Zion? When Yahweh turns the captivity of his people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad. | f | 3d | 4B | 12 8 10 |
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