PSALM I. ! אשרי 545 האיש 236 אשר 40 לא 159 הלך 375 בעצת 546 רשעים 547 ובדרך 548 חטאים 549 לא 159 עמד 550 2 ובמושב 551 לצים 552 לא 159 ישב: 553 כי 25 אם 554 בתורת 555 יהוה 154 חפצו 556 ובתורתו 555 יהגה 557 3 יומם 558 ולילה: 31 והיה 22 כעץ 58 שתול 559 על 13 560 מים 18 אשר 40 פריו 59 יתן 374 בעתו 570 פלגי ועלהו 284 לא 159 יבול 571 וכל 97 אשר 40 יעשה 60 .the blessedness. A noun masc. plur. in construction אשרי .545 From s to go happily. The plural is used perhaps to intimate that the causes of his happiness are numerous. 546. ny in the counsel of.in. nyy a noun fem. in construct. nyy from ry to counsel. רשע the ungodly. It is a noun masc. plur. The sing. is רשעים .547 wicked. As a verb, to condemn. 548.77771 and in the way of. I and. 3 in. 777, a noun masc. sing, 549. D'NUN sinners. A noun masc. plur. The sing. is Non a sinner. As a verb to sin. Vide num. 577. 550. Ty hath not stood, is the 3d pers. masc. sing. pret. Kal, and the root. a noun m. sing. of מושב .in ב .and ו .and in the seat ובמושב .551 .178 is formative. Rule מ .90 to sit. Rule ישב 552. Dy the scorners. It is a noun masc. plur. of p↳ a derider, or deceiver. 553. hath not sitten. It is the 3d pers. sing. masc. preter Kal in Pe Yod. Vide num. 551.. 554. DN if, since, a particle. DN " but in truth, but if. PSALM I. 1 BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 555. in from in the law of.in. ♫ a noun fem. sing. in construct. to project. Vide pages 20, 21, in note. 556. 13 his delight. his. on a noun m. sing. desire; as a verb to will. 557. Man hath he meditated. It is the 3d pers. m. ter 1 conversive. From na to revolve, or to mutter.* sing. fut. Kal af 558. DDV by day. An adverbial particle from D. Num. 30. Daffixed sometimes forms adverbs. Vide rule 181. 559. 569. planted. It is the participle Paoul Kal from n to plant. the rivers of. A noun masc. plur. in construct. from a a stream. As a verb, it is to divide. 570. my in its season. I in. 1 his or its. ny a noun fem. sing. time. ny and any now. 571. 1 shall not wither. It is the 3d pers. sing. m. fut. Kal of to wither. Vide rules 94 and 77. * Our translators in this psalm often translate the perfect and future by present time. I see no necessity for it in any one of the instances. They furnish an argument thus for Mr. Parkhurst's assertion to that purpose in rule 60. I will not deny the position, but am not satisfied with its correctness. The Hebrews made their present 4 יצליח: 572 לא 159 כן 44 הרשעים 547 כי 25 אם 554 5 כמוץ 573 אשר 40 תדפנו 574 רוח: 16 על 13 כן 44 לא 159 יקמו 575 רשעים 547 במשפט 576 וחטאים 577 בעדת 578 6 צדיקים: 396 כי 25 יודע 269 יהוה 154 דרך 548 צדיקים 396 ודרך 548 רשעים 547 תאבד: 579 572. my shall prosper. It is the 3d pers. m. sing. fut. Hiphil of ny to be happy, or to prosper. 573. I like the chaff. I as. is a noun masc. sing. Some read ", also an oppressor, from 18 to squeeze or press. 574. 115 driveth it away. 1 pron. suff. Rule 39. 7 3d pers. sing. fem. fut. Kal of 1. Vide rule 94. 1 to propel, a verb defective in Pe Nun, and drops The pronouns are often redundant in Hebrew, the tense, by omitting the perfect and future. Vide num. 642, post. Of this we have several examples in this psalm. " Blessed is the man.” "The ungodly are not so, but are like" &c. "For the Lord knoweth" &c. If the reader will render every perfect and future in this psalm according to the directions in num. 19, he will find the meaning is every where good. Nevertheless as I stand wholly alone in my opposition to this translation, as far as I know, I advise the reader to receive it only upon his own experience. In the earliest ages poetry and music were united, and poetic compositions were sung in a species of extemporaneous melody; in some such manner as our Indian warriors deliver their harangues; or as the African ladies sang, when Mr. Park was the subject of their song. But the equality in the lengths, and similarity in the construction of some of the sentences in Hebrew poetry, prove, that the Jews had arrived at a refined or artificial harmonious arrangement of syllables. "Harmony arises from the proportion, relation, and correspondence of different combined sounds; and verse from the arrangement of words, and the disposition of syllables according to the number, quantity, and accent." " But the true pronunciation of Hebrew is lost.""The number of syllables is, in a great many words, uncertain; the quantity and accent wholly unknown."* What therefore * Dr. Lowth. 4 The ungodly are not so; but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. relative sometimes accompanies the personal affix, sometimes the separate primitive pronoun, and at other times, it is used with the antecedent. 575. pp shall not stand. It is the 3d pers. plur. fut. masc. in Kal of op. Vide num. 527. 576. D in the judgment. in. D a noun masc. sing. from Day to judge. Vide rule 178. 577. D'on) and sinners. I and. D'UN is a noun masc. plural. Num. 549. Non according to Judges xx. 16. is to miss the mark, and is exactly αμαρτάνειν. 578. ny in the congregation. in. ny a fem. noun sing, in construct. my an assembly, from ' to appoint. 579.128 shall perish. It is the 3d pers. fem. sing. fut. Kal of 18 to perish. the harmony, and what the verse of the Hebrew language were, it seems impossible to discover; all theories directed to these objects have been hitherto unsuccessful, and we believe no mortal knows either the one or the other. N PSALM II. ריק: ! למה 580 רגשו 581 גוים 582 ולאמים 583 יהגו 557 2 יתיצבו 585 מלכי 586 ארץ 7 ורוזנים 587 נוסדו 588 יחד 589 3 על 13 יהוה 154 ועל 13 משיחו: 590 ננתקה 591 את 4 מוסרותימו 592 ונשליכה 593 ממנו 594 עבתימו: 595 580. wherefore. particle, why? how? 581. prefix. for what? make a tumult. It is the as a pronoun, who? which? As a how many? &c. 3d pers. plur. preter Kal of vi to make a noise. Aben Ezra explains it by 12n associate. 582. D` nations. The sing. is a multitude. 12 a society. M1 firmness, body. Why do men of different nations conspire together? and the people. I and. ↳ prefix. p a nation, plur. лs masc. D'. From DN a mother, support, &c. 583. 584. p vanity, also vain. As a particle, in vain, only. As a verb, pr to empty. Efforts against God are vain or ineffectual. 585. 1'' shall set themselves. It is the 3d pers. plur. masc. fut. Hithp. of y' to place, set, or appoint. 586. the kings of. Plur. in construct. of a king. Rule 25. As a verb, to rule or govern. Herod the great, who was king of Judea, sought to slay Jesus in his infancy. Herod Antipas, who was called a king (Mark vi. 14) and Pilate, who represented the Roman emperor, and the high priests united in, and consulted for the extinguishment of the Messiah, and therein opposed themselves against Jehovah. -from the Ara בזנים and רוזנים .and ו .and the counsellers ורוזנים .587 bic verb ¡ to examine or weigh. 588. 1701 take counsel together, lay together their plans. It is the 3d pers. plur. masc. pret. Niph. of D to lay a foundation. Vide rule 90. Though we distinguish the three conjugations of Hebrew verbs înto voices, the simple active, simple passive, causal active, and causal passive; and the reflex or middle voice, and each verb generally |