Psalms 120 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0120

Attribution: Psalms 120 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0120, 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
120:1	ⲧⲱⲇⲏ ⲛⲛⲧⲱⲣⲧⲣ ⲁⲓϥⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲛⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲉⲣⲉⲧⲁⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲧⲱⲛ	ⲧ̀ⲱⲇⲏ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲣⲧⲣ ⲁⲓϥⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲧⲁⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲑⲱⲛ	t̀ōḋy ǹǹtōrtr aifai ǹnaval ehrai èjen ǹtōou je èretaboyθia nyou nai θōn	I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.
120:2	ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲁⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲛⲡⲕⲁϩ	ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲧⲁⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ϣⲟⲡ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ	èretaboyθia ṡop èvol hiten p̀ċois petafθamiet̀fe nem p̀kahi	My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
120:3	ⲙⲡⲣϯ ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲕⲓⲙ ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲧϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϫⲓⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ	ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲕⲓⲙ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉⲡⲉⲧⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ϫⲓⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ	m̀perti ǹtaoueryte evkim ouḋe mpenθrepetàreh èroi jirekrike	Let not thy foot be moved; and let not thy keeper slumber.
120:4	ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥϫⲓⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲱⲃϣ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ	ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥϫⲓⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲱⲃϣ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲱⲓⲥ ⲉ̀ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ	is hyppe ǹnefjirekrike ouḋe ǹnefōvṡ ǹje petrōis èpisrayl	Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.
120:5	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲧϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲉϫⲛⲧⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲧ̀ϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲕϫⲓϫ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲓ̀ⲛⲁⲙ	p̀ċois petnaàreh èrok p̀ċois pe t̀·haives èjen tekjig ǹouìnam	The Lord shall keep thee: the Lord is thy shelter upon thy right hand.
120:6	ⲙⲡⲣⲏ ⲛⲁϣⲟⲃϩⲕ ⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲟⲟϩ ⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ	ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲏ ⲛⲁϣⲟⲃϩⲕ ⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲓⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ	ǹp̀ry naṡovhk an ǹpèhoou ouoh pioh ǹtevṡy	The sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.
120:7	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲧϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ϥⲛⲁϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲯⲩⲭⲏ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛⲁⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲧϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ϥ̀ⲛⲁⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲯⲩⲭⲏ	p̀ċois naàreh èrok èpet·hoou nim f̀naàreh ètekpsiṡy	May the Lord preserve thee from all evil: the Lord shall keep thy soul.
120:8	ϥⲛⲁϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲉⲛⲉϩ	ϥⲛⲁⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̀ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ	fnaàreh ètekċinei èxoun nem tekċinei èvol ṡa èneh ǹèneh	The Lord shall keep thy coming in, and thy going out, from henceforth and even for ever.

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title: Psalms 120
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0120
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 120 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0120, 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/0120.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 120 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0120.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0120)
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attribution: Psalms 120 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0120, 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: tokens=59
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/0120.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 120 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0120.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: Psalms 120 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0120, 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/0120.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: 8 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 120:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0120, verse 120:1, 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 120:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0120, verse 120:2, 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 120:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0120, verse 120:3, 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 120:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0120, verse 120:4, 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 120:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0120, verse 120:5, 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 120:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0120, verse 120:6, 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 120. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0120. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/0120.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 120 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0120, 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
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.