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Sunday 22 September 2024

Psalms 22 - 41

Psalm 22 - f# - Connection to psalm 21? Before I knew the music, I had seen this.
See my previous post from Seeing the Psalter page 78
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?

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.
Psalm 24 - A - at rest - a suitable tenor for the entry to the temple
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.
Psalm 25 - e - This is an acrostic celebrating the prior psalm;
the music does not explicitly indicate the connection.

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,
Psalm 26 - A - a very short incipit

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.
Psalm 27 - e - a very short incipit 

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?

Psalm 28 - f# - a very short incipit

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.
Psalm 29 - f# - a slightly longer incipit

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.
Psalm 31 - f# - this musical shape occurs 11 times in the Psalter

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'

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.
Psalm 33 - B - Proclamation - this is the unique psalm in Book 1 that lacks an inscription

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.
Psalm 34 - A - another acrostic where the music does not signal the connection to the prior psalm

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.
Psalm 35 - f#

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.
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.

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.
Psalm 37 - B - the wicked acrostic

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.
Psalm 38 - e - to remember psalm 6

38 407 .00 23.34 19.16 15.23 21.87 18.43 1.97 A psalm of David. To remember.
Psalm 39 - e 

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.

40 469 2.13 18.12 29.85 8.96 14.50 14.07 12.37 For the leader. Of David, a psalm.
Psalm 41 - the only one with g as the tenor in Book 1

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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