Psalm 57

The music in these posts is entirely derived from the accents in the Hebrew Bible. Introductions - letters, music, text and music, and terminology, are here.

Psalms 57: Syllables: 260; Longest recitation: 11; Tenor: B 23.85%;
Ornament density: 10.5%; Average phrase length: 9.8. Performance here.

The performance by Esther Lamandier mostly uses the strange tone. She very successfully negotiates what I consider awkward intervals. She occasionally uses an A without the sharp. And of course she is using the Letteris edition that has some different accents including spurious metegs. Nonetheless, definitely worth the listen.

1 For the leader. Do not destroy. Of David, a miktam, when he ran away from the face of Saul in the cave. (1-4-1)
א למנצ֣ח אל־ת֭שחת לדו֣ד מכת֑ם בברח֥ו מפני־ש֝א֗ול במערֽה	12 9		a lmnxk al-twkt ldvid mctm bborko mpni-waul bmyrh
2 Be gracious to me O God be gracious to me for in you is refuge for my being, and in the shadow of your wings I make my refuge, until calamities are passed by. (1-2-4-1)
ב חנ֤ני אלה֨ים חנ֗ני כ֥י בך֮ חס֪יה נ֫פש֥י ובצֽל־כנפ֥יך אחס֑ה ע֝֗ד יעב֥ר הוֽות	17 8 6		b konni alohim konni ci bç ksih npwi ubxl-cnpiç aksh yd iybor hvot
3 ♪g I will call to God Most High, to the One who obliterates over me. (g-1-4-1)
ג א֭קרא לֽאלה֣ים עלי֑ון ל֝א֗ל גמ֥ר עלֽי	7 6		g aqra lalohim ylion lal gomr ylii
4 He will send from heaven and will save me. He reproached the one bearing down on me. Selah. God will send his kindness and his truth. (1-4-1)
ד ישל֤ח משמ֨ים וֽיושיע֗ני חר֣ף שאפ֣י ס֑לה ישל֥ח א֝לה֗ים חסד֥ו ואמתֽו	16 11		d iwlk mwmiim viowiyni kirf woapi slh iwlk alohim ksdo vamito
5 I am among great cats. I lie down with those who are blazing, the children of humanity, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a keen sword. (1-2-4-1)
ה נפש֤י בת֥וך לבאם֮ אשכב֪ה ל֫הט֥ים בֽני־אד֗ם ש֭ניהם חנ֣ית וחצ֑ים ו֝לשונ֗ם ח֣רב חדֽה	13 11 7		h npwi btoç lbaim awcbh lohTim bni-adm winihm knit vkixim ulwonm krb kdh
6 ♪B Be high over the heavens O God, over all the earth your glory. (B-1-4-1)
ו ר֣ומה על־השמ֣ים אלה֑ים ע֖ל כל־הא֣רץ כבודֽך	9 9		v rumh yl-hwmiim alohim yl cl-harx cbodç
7 ♪C A net they have prepared for my footfall. Disturbed is my being. They have dug facing me a ditch. They have fallen into the midst of it. Selah. (C-1-2-4-1)
ז ר֤שת הכ֣ינו לפעמי֮ כפ֪ף נ֫פש֥י כר֣ו לפנ֣י שיח֑ה נפל֖ו בתוכ֣ה סֽלה	12 7 7		z rwt hcinu lpymii cpf npwi cru lpnii wikh nplu btoch slh
8 ♪~ Prepared is my heart O God, prepared is my heart. I will sing and I will sing a psalm. (~1-4-1)
ח נ֘כ֤ון לב֣י א֭להים נכ֣ון לב֑י א֝ש֗ירה ואזמֽרה	11 8		k ncon libi alohim ncon libi awirh vazmrh
9 ♪C Be roused my glory. Be roused O lute and harp. I will rouse the dawn. (C-1-1)
ט ע֤ורה כבוד֗י ע֭ורֽה הנ֥בל וכנ֗ור אע֥ירה שֽחר	18		T yurh cbodi yurh hnbl vcinor ayirh wkr
10 I will give you thanks among the peoples my Lord. I will sing you a psalm among the tribes. (1-4-1)
י אודך֖ בעמ֥ים אדנ֑י א֝זמרך֗ בלאמֽים	8 7		i aodç bymim adonii azmrç blaumim
11 For great to the heavens is your kindness, and to the skies your truth. (1-4-1)
יא כֽי־גד֣ל עד־שמ֣ים חסד֑ך וֽעד־שחק֥ים אמתֽך	8 9		ia ci-gdol yd-wmiim ksdç vyd-wkqim amitç
12 ♪B Be high over the heavens, O God, over all the earth your glory. (B-1-4-1)
יב ר֣ומה על־שמ֣ים אלה֑ים ע֖ל כל־הא֣רץ כבודֽך	8 9		ib rumh yl-wmiim alohim yl cl-harx cbodç