Book 3 - Psalms 73 to 89

Summary: tenor on e - 2, f# - 5, g - 1, A - 7, B - 2, C - 0.

There are 17 psalms in Book 3. The final psalm is a great lament over the failure of the monarchy. Initially, I am still examining the 'tenor' in these psalms. I am still looking for clues to consider the tone or feel of the psalm related to the frequency of syllables on the five or six major reciting pitches.

And possibly also the tone in relation to the other bits and pieces of data evident in the first verse, and anything else one might consider given the nature of the date from reading the psalm.

The tenor is A (26.48% highlighted) the ambitus from e to C
PSALM	Syllables	d	e	f#	g	A	B	C
73	472	.00	17.80	20.97	14.41	26.48	16.31	4.03	A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the pure in heart.
f#
74	463	.00	18.57	25.49	20.09	14.25	17.28	4.32	An insight of Asaph. Why O God? will you reject us in perpetuity? Will your anger fume against the sheep of your pasture?
A - I note that poetry has unique ways of returning to the tonic - the fall from munah to silluq never occurs in the prose books.
75	210	1.43	19.52	16.19	16.67	25.71	15.71	4.76	For the leader. Do not destroy. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
B
76	222	.45	19.82	16.67	18.47	17.57	26.58	.45	For the leader. On strings. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
B - with 'low key' incipit
77	391	.51	20.46	18.41	12.02	19.44	23.27	5.88	For the leader. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph, a psalm.
on A -- at rest! -- Introducing the longest poem (119 is 22 short poems)
78	1354	.37	19.72	17.06	15.95	24.37	17.73	4.80	An insight of Asaph. Listen my people to my instruction. Bend your ears to the sayings of my mouth.
e
79	341	2.93	23.17	22.87	10.85	11.14	15.84	13.20	A psalm of Asaph. O God the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled even your holy temple. They have set up Jerusalem in shambles.
A
80	379	.00	18.21	19.00	9.76	24.80	21.90	6.33	For the leader. On lilies. A testimony of Asaph, a psalm.
A - another double illuy - the shofar melody
81	310	.00	21.29	11.61	20.97	22.58	20.00	3.55	For the leader on musing, of Asaph.
f# - the deliberation tone - not a mode but a mood
82	144	.00	22.92	27.78	18.75	15.28	12.50	2.78	A psalm of Asaph. God takes a stand in the divine assembly, in the close combat of gods he judges.
e - I wonder why the incipit is sometimes tied to the first words of the psalm and sometimes not
83	314	.00	22.29	18.79	19.75	21.02	16.88	1.27	A song. A psalm of Asaph.
f#
84	271	5.17	17.34	22.88	15.50	20.66	13.28	5.17	For the leader, at the Gittite settlement. Of the children of Korah. A psalm.
A
85	241	.83	22.82	12.45	15.77	24.48	19.50	4.15	For the leader. Of the children of Korah. A psalm.
f#
86	381	.26	20.21	27.30	14.70	13.12	18.37	6.04	A prayer Of David. Bend Yahweh your ear. Answer me, for I am poor and in need am I.
g
87	116	.00	24.14	13.79	25.00	18.97	15.52	2.59	Of the children of Korah. A psalm. A song. His foundation is on the holy hills.
A
88	377	.00	17.77	14.59	13.26	25.46	25.20	3.71	A song. A psalm of the children of Korah. For the leader in illness to jam. An insight of Heyman the Ezrahite.
f#
89	949	.00	18.44	21.07	19.70	20.55	18.12	2.11	An insight. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.