Psalms 12 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_012

Attribution: Psalms 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_012, 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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English: quoted translations are shown as they are, with their credit in the provenance; lines marked draft are language-model drafts made for this project (to be corrected), and alignment unchecked marks a quoted verse whose placement was not cross-checked. Check the Coptic before relying on any English line.

ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
12:0	ⲉⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲉⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ	ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲡ̀ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ	èp̀gōk èvol p̀psalmos ǹdavid	draft · highFor the end. The psalm of David.
12:1	ϣⲁⲧⲛⲁⲩ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲕⲛⲁⲣⲡⲁⲱⲃϣ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲧⲛⲁⲩ ⲕⲛⲁⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕϩⲟ ⲛⲥⲁⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ	ϣⲁ ⲧ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁⲉⲣⲡⲁⲱⲃϣ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁ ⲧ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁⲕⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲕϩⲟ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ	ṡa t̀nav p̀ċois k̀naerpaōvṡ ṡavol ṡa t̀nav k̀nakōti ǹpek·ho ǹsavol m̀moi	How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?
12:2	ϣⲁⲧⲛⲁⲩ ϯⲛⲁⲕⲱ ⲛϩⲉⲛϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲉⲛⲗⲩⲡⲏ ϩⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲧⲛⲁⲩ ⲡⲁϫⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲁϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲓ	ϣⲁ ⲧ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ϯⲛⲁⲭⲱ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲛⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲁⲛⲗⲩⲡⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ⲧ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ⲡⲁϫⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲁϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲓ	ṡa t̀nav tinakō ǹhansoċni xen tapsiṡy hanlipy xen pahyt ǹpèhoou ṡa t̀nav pagaji naċisi m̀mof ehrai ègōi	How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
12:3	ⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲱⲃϣ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲩ	ⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲁ̀ⲣⲓⲟⲩⲟⲓⲛ ⲉⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲱⲃϣ ⲉ̀ⲫ̀ⲙⲟⲩ	kotk sōtem èroi p̀ċois panouti àriouoin enaval mypote ǹtaōvṡ èf̀mou	Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;
12:4	ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲁϫⲁϫⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲁⲓϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲧⲑⲗⲓⲃⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲕⲓⲙ	ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲁϫⲁϫⲓ ϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲧⲑⲗⲓⲃⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛⲕⲓⲙ	mypote ǹte pagaji gos je aijemgom èrof netθlibe m̀moi naθelyl aiṡankim	lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
12:5	ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲍⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϯⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲛⲁⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ	ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲍⲉ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϯⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲛⲁⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϭⲟⲥⲓ	anok ḋe aihelpize èpekna pahyt naθelyl èjen pekougai tinagō èp̀ċois petaferpetnanouf nyi ouoh tinapsallei èf̀ran ǹp̀ċois petċosi	But I have hoped in thy mercy; my heart shall exult in thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.

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title: Psalms 12
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_012
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_012, 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/012.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 12 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 012.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_012)
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attribution: Psalms 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_012, 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: lexeme_L1-S-3=1 tokens=61
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/012.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 12 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 012.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: Psalms 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_012, 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/012.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: 5 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 12:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_012, verse 12:2, 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 12:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_012, verse 12:3, 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 12:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_012, verse 12:4, 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 12:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_012, verse 12:5, 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 12:5–6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_012, verse 12:6, 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)

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Psalms 12. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_012. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/012.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_012, 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.

What the layers are

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
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.