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Chapter 4
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Psalms 4

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1 Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 4:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 23
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

4 word entries
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ
Lemma
l/5329
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb piel participle active
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5329
Occurrences
61
בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת
Lemma
b/5058
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5058
Occurrences
7
מִזְמ֥וֹר
Lemma
4210
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4210
Occurrences
57
לְדָוִֽד
Lemma
l/1732
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
158
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ἐν ψαλμοῖς ᾠδὴ τᾠ Δαυίδ.

8 word entries
Εἰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
τὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
τέλος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
telos
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
end, completion
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
End, goal, completion, or outcome.
Occurrences
139
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
ψαλμοῖς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
psalmois
Morphology
dative plural masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
ᾠδὴ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
de
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
τᾠ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Lemma
τᾠ
Transliteration
t
Morphology
1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
Gloss
I ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
Δαυίδ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Dauid
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
David
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
David.
Occurrences
1047
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

לְשַׁבָּחָא עַל חִנְגִיתָא תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא לְדָוִד׃

5 word entries
לְשַׁבָּחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lshbch'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
94
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
חִנְגִיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chngyt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
twshbcht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
88
לְדָוִד׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דוד
Transliteration
ldwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1106
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

In finem, in carminibus. Psalmus David.

6 word entries
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
finem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
finis
Transliteration
finem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
331
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
carminibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
carmen
Transliteration
carminibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
22
psalmus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
psalmus
Transliteration
psalmus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
92
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
Source availability notes

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  • Syriac Peshitta source structure

    The imported Syriac/Peshitta Psalms source does not expose this Psalm title or postscript as a separate one-to-one verse panel.

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

2 Corinthians 1:10

who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,

27 relevance votes

Psalms 119:132

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

14 relevance votes

Psalms 25:16

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

13 relevance votes

Psalms 17:6

I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

11 relevance votes

Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

10 relevance votes

Habakkuk 3:19

Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

9 relevance votes

Isaiah 45:24

They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.

8 relevance votes

Psalms 57:1

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 22:1

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

5 relevance votes

1 Samuel 17:37

David said, “Yahweh, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”

5 relevance votes

Psalms 143:2

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 45:1

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

5 relevance votes
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