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      | PSALM | Syllables | d | e | f# | g | A | B | C | 
  
    | 22 | 616 | 1.62 | 20.13 | 20.62 | 14.77 | 19.81 | 20.29 | 2.76 | For the leader on the hart of the dawn. A psalm of David. | 
  
    | |  |  | Psalm 23 - f# - Again the incipit shows itself part of the psalm and its music I suggested that the f# is deliberation, perhaps here it is also pending
 Could the shape of the music indicate an overall sense of the poem?
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    | 23 | 134 | 4.48 | 18.66 | 32.84 | 11.94 | 11.19 | 14.93 | 5.97 | A psalm of David. Yahweh is my shepherd. I will not lack.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 24 - A - at rest - a suitable tenor for the entry to the temple | 
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    | 24 | 199 | .00 | 14.07 | 13.07 | 16.58 | 22.61 | 20.10 | 13.57 | of David, a psalm. The earth is Yahweh's and her fullness,
 the
      world and those sitting in her.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 25 - e - This is an acrostic celebrating the prior psalm; the music does not explicitly indicate the connection.
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    | 25 | 375 | .00 | 23.20 | 13.07 | 21.60 | 20.53 | 15.20 | 6.40 | Of David. א I will lift up my self to you Yahweh,
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    | |  |  | Psalm 26 - A - a very short incipit | 
 
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    | 26 | 212 | .00 | 18.40 | 9.43 | 20.75 | 25.00 | 24.53 | 1.89 | Of David. Judge me Yahweh, for I myself have walked in my completeness, and
      in Yahweh I trust. I will not vacillate.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 27 - e - a very short incipit | 
 
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    | 27 | 357 | 3.92 | 30.81 | 18.49 | 14.29 | 10.92 | 14.57 | 7.00 | Of David. Yahweh my light and my salvation, whom will I fear? Yahweh
      from strength my life, whom will I dread?
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 |  |  | Psalm 28 - f# - a very short incipit | 
 
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    | 28 | 228 | 4.39 | 15.35 | 25.00 | 11.40 | 15.35 | 14.47 | 14.04 | Of David. To you Yahweh will I call. My rock, do not be silent with me. If
      you are becalmed with me,
 then I will be governed with those going
      down into a pit.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 29 - f# - a slightly longer incipit | 
 
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    | 29 | 201 | 1.49 | 14.43 | 36.32 | 11.94 | 15.92 | 17.41 | 2.49 | A psalm of David. Ascribe to Yahweh children of gods.
 Ascribe to
      Yahweh glory and strength.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 31 - f# - this musical shape occurs 11 times in the Psalter | 
 
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    | 31 | 549 | 7.10 | 19.49 | 30.24 | 12.57 | 11.66 | 10.93 | 8.01 | For the leader. A psalm of David. | 
  
    | |  |  | Psalm 32 - e - the first 'insight' | 
 
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    | 32 | 258 | 3.88 | 27.91 | 19.38 | 11.24 | 15.50 | 15.50 | 6.59 | Of David, an insight. Happy transgression borne away, sin covered.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 33 - B - Proclamation - this is the unique psalm in Book 1 that lacks an inscription | 
 
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    | 33 | 364 | .00 | 18.13 | 18.41 | 19.51 | 22.53 | 20.33 | 1.10 | Shout for joy, righteous ones, in Yahweh. To the upright praise is
      lovely.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 34 - A - another acrostic where the music does not signal the connection to the prior psalm | 
 
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    | 34 | 391 | .00 | 18.16 | 13.81 | 15.86 | 26.60 | 23.27 | 2.30 | Of David, when he feigned his madness in the face of Abimelek, and he
      expelled him and he walked away.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 35 - f# | 
 
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    | 35 | 568 | 2.11 | 18.31 | 22.71 | 14.08 | 20.42 | 18.31 | 4.05 | Of David. Contend, Yahweh, with my contenders. Fight those fighting
      me.
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            |   |  
            | Psalm 36 - e - starts with a 12 syllable phrase on 'e'. The ornament
              is like a munah over the text. A fifth above the tonic is a natural harmonic for the shofar.
 Psalm is labelled as an oracle in verse 2.
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    | 36 | 237 | .00 | 25.32 | 11.39 | 20.68 | 17.30 | 21.94 | 3.38 | For the leader. Of a servant of Yahweh. Of David. 
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    | |  |  | Psalm 37 - B - the wicked acrostic | 
 
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    | 37 | 726 | .55 | 16.94 | 12.12 | 22.59 | 24.24 | 17.08 | 6.47 | Of David. About evildoers do not burn.
 Do not be jealous
      over doers of injustice.
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    | |  |  | Psalm 38 - e - to remember psalm 6 | 
 
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    | 38 | 407 | .00 | 23.34 | 19.16 | 15.23 | 21.87 | 18.43 | 1.97 | A psalm of David. To remember. | 
  
    | |  |  | Psalm 39 - e | 
 
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    | 39 | 303 | .99 | 25.41 | 20.79 | 6.60 | 14.52 | 21.12 | 10.56 | For the leader. Of Jeduthun. A psalm of David. | 
  
    | |  |  | Psalm 40 - connected to psalm 39 - reason? Note the reversal of ldvid mzmor. | 
 
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    | 40 | 469 | 2.13 | 18.12 | 29.85 | 8.96 | 14.50 | 14.07 | 12.37 | For the leader. Of David, a psalm. | 
  
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            | Psalm 41 - the only one with g as the tenor in Book 1 |  
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    | 41 | 273 | .00 | 18.68 | 19.41 | 20.51 | 14.29 | 14.29 | 12.82 | For the leader. A psalm of David. | 
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