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Attribution: Psalms 128 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0128, 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
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
The text
8 lines · a line number is a link to itselfEnglish: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128:1 | ⲧⲱⲇⲏ ⲛⲛⲧⲱⲣⲧⲣ ⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ϫⲓⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ | ⲧ̀ⲱⲇⲏ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲣⲧⲣ ⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲓ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲡ ϫⲓⲛⲧⲁⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ | t̀ōḋy ǹǹtōrtr avti nemyi ǹhah ǹsop jintam̀ntkoui | A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say: |
| 128:2 | ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲓ︤ⲏ︦ⲗ︥ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ϩⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϣϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ | ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ ϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲓ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ⲡⲟⲩϣϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ | marepisrayl gos je avti nemyi ǹhah ǹsop xen tam̀ntkoui kai ġar ǹpouṡjemgom èroi | Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me. |
| 128:3 | ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲓⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲩⲧⲣⲉⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲉ | ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲓⲫⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲩⲑⲣⲉⲫ̀ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲉⲓ | nare ǹrefernovi mevi èroi hifahou m̀moi avθref̀mōit ǹtouànomia ouei | The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity. |
| 128:4 | ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁϥϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲕϩ ⲛⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ | ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲁϥϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲙⲁⲕϩ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ | oudikeos pe p̀ċois afṡōōt ǹǹmak·h ǹǹrefernovi | The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners. |
| 128:5 | ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲙⲟⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲓⲱⲛ ϫⲓϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ | ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲙⲟⲥϯ ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲱⲛ ϭⲓϣⲓⲡⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲫⲁϩⲟⲩ | mareouon niven etmosti ǹsiōn ċiṡipi ǹtoukotou èfahou | Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back. |
| 128:6 | ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲣⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲭⲟⲣⲧⲟⲥ ⲛϫⲉⲛⲉⲡⲱⲣ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲙⲡⲁⲧⲟⲩⲧⲟⲕⲙⲉϥ | ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲣⲧϩⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲭⲟⲣⲧⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ϫⲉⲛⲉⲫⲱⲣ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲟⲩⲧⲟⲕⲙⲉϥ | marourt·he ǹte ouxortos ǹjenefōr fai etafṡōoui em̀pateoutokmef | Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up. |
| 128:7 | ⲉⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲉϩⲧϭⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲱϩⲥ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲡⲉⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲕⲛⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲉϩⲡⲉϥⲁⲗⲟⲙ | ⲉ̀ⲙ̀ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁϩⲧ̀ϫⲓϫ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲱⲥϧ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲡⲉⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲭⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲁϩⲡⲉϥⲁⲗⲟⲙ | èm̀pefmaht̀jig ǹpetōsx m̀mof empepetsōouh ǹnefknav mahpefalom | Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom. |
| 128:8 | ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲁⲛⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | ⲉ̀ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ ϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲁⲛⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫ̀ⲣⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ | èmpenetparage gos je pis̀mou ǹp̀ċois ègōten ans̀mou erōten xen f̀ran ǹp̀ċois | Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord. |
Provenance
- title
- Psalms 128
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0128
- licence
- CC-BY-SA 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Psalms 128 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0128, 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/0128.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
- title
- Psalms 128 — Cairene
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from 0128.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0128)
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Psalms 128 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0128, 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 stroke_unified=3 th_resolved=1 tokens=60
- file
- Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/0128.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- title
- Psalms 128 — Kemetic
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from 0128.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Psalms 128 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0128, 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/0128.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 128:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0128, verse 128:1, 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 128:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0128, verse 128:2, 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 128:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0128, verse 128:3, 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 128:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0128, verse 128:4, 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 128:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0128, verse 128:5, 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 128:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0128, verse 128:6, 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
- and 2 further credits
L0 witness
L1 Cairene
L2 Kemetic
English
Cite as:
Psalms 128. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0128. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/0128.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 128 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0128, 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.
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).
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.
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.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.