Psalms 123 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0123

Attribution: Psalms 123 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0123, 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.

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0

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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
123:1	ⲧⲱⲇⲏ ⲛⲛⲧⲱⲣⲧⲣ ⲛⲥⲁⲃⲏⲗ ϫⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲓ︤ⲏ︦ⲗ︥ ϫⲟⲟⲥ	ⲧ̀ⲱⲇⲏ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲣⲧⲣ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲃⲏⲗ ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ ϫⲟⲥ	t̀ōḋy ǹǹtōrtr ǹsavyl je p̀ċois ṡop nan marepisrayl gos
123:2	ϫⲉⲛⲥⲁⲃⲏⲗ ϫⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲣⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϫⲱⲛ	ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲃⲏⲗ ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲛ	je ǹsavyl je p̀ċois ṡop nan xen p̀θreǹrōmi tōoun ègōn
123:3	ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲁⲟⲙⲕⲛ ⲉⲛⲟⲛϩ ⲡⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲩϭⲱⲛⲧ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲛ	ⲛⲩⲛⲁⲟⲙⲕⲛ ⲉⲛⲟⲛϧ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲡⲟⲩϫⲱⲛⲧ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϭⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲛ	ninaomkn enonx pe xen p̀θrepougōnt ǹouċs ehrai ègōn
123:4	ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲁⲟⲙⲕⲛ ⲉⲛⲟⲛϩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲟⲙⲥⲛ ⲡⲉ	ⲛⲩⲛⲁⲟⲙⲕⲛ ⲉⲛⲟⲛϧ ⲡⲉ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉ ⲫ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲟⲙⲥⲛ ⲡ	ninaomkn enonx pe ère f̀mou naomsn p	verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
123:5	ⲁⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱⲣⲙ ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧϣⲧⲣⲧⲱⲣ	ⲁⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲓ̀ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲣⲉⲙ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲧϣⲧⲣⲧⲱⲣ	atenpsiṡy ì èvol hiten oumou ǹsōrem nare tenpsiṡy nyou èvol hiten f̀mou etṡtrtōr	Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.
123:6	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲡϥⲧⲁⲁⲛ ⲛϩⲣⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲛⲁϫϩⲉ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲥ̀ⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉϥⲧⲏⲓⲛ ⲛ̀ϧⲣⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁϫϩⲉ	p̀ċois s̀marōout ète m̀peftyin ǹxre ǹnounaghe	Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.
123:7	ⲁⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁϫ ⲉⲡⲡⲁϣ ⲛⲛϭⲉⲣⲏϭ ⲁⲡⲡⲁϣ ⲟⲩⲱϣϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ	ⲁⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲟϩⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϭⲁϫ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲡⲁϣ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ϫⲉⲣⲏϫ ⲁ ⲡ̀ⲡⲁϣ ⲟⲩⲱϣϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲛⲟϩⲉⲙ	atenpsiṡy nohem ǹf̀ryti ǹouċag èp̀paṡ ǹǹjeryg a p̀paṡ ouōṡf ouoh ànon annohem	Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
123:8	ⲟⲩⲛⲃⲟⲏⲑⲉⲓⲁ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲛⲡⲕⲁϩ	ⲟⲩⲟⲛⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫ̀ⲣⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ	ouonvoyθia ṡop nan xen f̀ran ǹp̀ċois petafθamiet̀fe nem p̀kahi	Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Provenance

title: Psalms 123
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0123
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 123 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0123, 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/0123.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 123 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0123.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0123)
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attribution: Psalms 123 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0123, 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 lexeme_L1-S-3=1 stroke_unified=3 th_resolved=1 tokens=61
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/0123.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 123 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0123.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: Psalms 123 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0123, 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/0123.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 · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 123:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0123, verse 123:4, 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 123:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0123, verse 123:5, 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 · agrees with the number) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 123:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0123, verse 123:6, 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 · agrees with the number) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 123:7 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0123, verse 123:7, 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)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 123:8 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0123, verse 123:8, 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 123. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0123. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/0123.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 123 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0123, 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.