Psalms 8 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_008

Attribution: Psalms 8 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_008, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
8:0	ⲉⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲛⲉϩⲣⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲇ︤ⲁ︦ⲇ︥	ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲁ ⲛ̀ϩⲣⲱⲧ ⲡ̀ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ	èp̀gōk èvol xa ǹhrōt p̀psalmos ǹdavid	draft · highFor the end, concerning the wine presses. The psalm of David.
8:1	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ϫⲉⲁⲡⲉⲕⲥⲁ ϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲛⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϣ̀ⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲉⲕⲥⲁ ϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀	p̀ċois penċois ǹf̀ryti ǹouṡ̀fyri pe pekran xen p̀kahi tyrf je apek·sa ċisi èt̀fe ǹǹfyouì	O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
8:2	ⲁⲕⲥⲟⲃⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧϫⲓⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲉ ⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲣⲉϥϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ	ⲁⲕⲥⲟⲃϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ϣⲏⲙ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲧϭⲓⲉⲕⲓⲃⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲓ ⲃⲱⲗ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲣⲉϥϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ	ak·sovti ǹous̀mou èvol xen rōou ǹǹṡyri ṡym nem netċiekive eθve nekgaji vōl èvol nougaji nem ourefjikva	Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.
8:3	ϫⲉϯⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲕⲧⲏⲏⲃⲉ ⲡⲟⲟϩ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲕⲥⲙⲛⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ	ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕⲧⲏⲃ ⲡⲓⲟϩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲉⲧⲁⲕⲥⲙⲛⲥ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ	je tinanav èǹfyouì ǹh̀vyouì ǹnektyb pioh nem ǹsiou nai ǹθok etak·smns̀nouti m̀mōou	For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.
8:4	ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲕⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲏ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ	ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲕⲓⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲓⲉ ⲡ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲕ̀ϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ	ou pe p̀rōmi je kiri ǹpefmevi ie p̀ṡyri ǹp̀rōmi je k̀jimi ǹpefṡine	What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
8:5	ⲁⲕⲧⲥⲃⲕⲟϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲁⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲉϫⲱϥ	ⲁⲕⲧⲥⲃⲕⲟϥ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲱ̀ⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲁⲕⲁⲓⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲭ̀ⲗⲟⲙ ⲉ̀ϫⲱϥ	aktsvkof ǹoukouji paranangelos ouṑou nem outaio akaiou ǹk̀lom ègōf	Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;
8:6	ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲑⲓⲥⲧⲁ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉϫⲛⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲛⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲁⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ	ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲑⲓⲥⲧⲁ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕϫⲓϫ ⲁⲕⲭⲁⲛⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϧⲁ ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ	akkaθista m̀mof èjen ǹh̀vyouì tyrou ǹnekjig akkanka niven xa nefoueryte	and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet:
8:7	ⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲕⲉⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲥⲱϣⲉ	ⲛ̀ⲉⲥⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲕⲉⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲥⲱϣⲉ	ǹesōou nem ǹèhoou tyrou ouoh ǹketvnooue ǹt̀sōṡe	sheep and all oxen, yea and the cattle of the field;
8:8	ⲙⲛⲛϩⲁⲗⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲛⲛⲧⲃⲧ ⲛⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲓⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ	ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲗⲁϯ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲃⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟϣⲓ ϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ	nem ǹhalati ǹt̀fe nem ǹtevt ǹt̀θalassa netmoṡi hi ǹmōit ǹǹθalassa	the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the creatures passing through the paths of the sea.
8:9	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϣ̀ⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ	p̀ċois penċois ǹf̀ryti ǹouṡ̀fyri pe pekran xen p̀kahi tyrf	O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

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title: Psalms 8
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_008
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 8 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_008, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/008.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 8 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 008.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_008)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 8 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_008, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: abbrev=1 aspirate_boundary_resolved=1 stroke_unified=3 th_resolved=2 tokens=86
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/008.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 8 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 008.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 8 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_008, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/008.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 9 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 8:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_008, verse 8:2, re-aligned by content (PSALTER): SCRIPTORIUM attaches its Psalter English by verse number, where its Coptic divides the verses otherwise (translation/psalter_alignment.tsv: aligned · both releases) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 8:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_008, verse 8:3, re-aligned by content (PSALTER): SCRIPTORIUM attaches its Psalter English by verse number, where its Coptic divides the verses otherwise (translation/psalter_alignment.tsv: aligned · both releases) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 8:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_008, verse 8:4, re-aligned by content (PSALTER): SCRIPTORIUM attaches its Psalter English by verse number, where its Coptic divides the verses otherwise (translation/psalter_alignment.tsv: aligned · both releases) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 8:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_008, verse 8:5, re-aligned by content (PSALTER): SCRIPTORIUM attaches its Psalter English by verse number, where its Coptic divides the verses otherwise (translation/psalter_alignment.tsv: aligned · both releases) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 8:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_008, verse 8:6, re-aligned by content (PSALTER): SCRIPTORIUM attaches its Psalter English by verse number, where its Coptic divides the verses otherwise (translation/psalter_alignment.tsv: aligned · both releases) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 8:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_008, verse 8:7, re-aligned by content (PSALTER): SCRIPTORIUM attaches its Psalter English by verse number, where its Coptic divides the verses otherwise (translation/psalter_alignment.tsv: aligned · both releases) (1 lines)
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Psalms 8. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_008. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/008.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 8 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_008, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
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