Psalms 136 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0136

Attribution: Psalms 136 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0136, 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
136:1	ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲛϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲓϫⲛⲛⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲁⲛϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲁⲛⲣⲓⲙⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲣⲉⲛⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲥⲓⲱⲛ	ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲁⲛϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲁⲛⲣⲓⲙⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲛⲉⲣⲫ̀ⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲱⲛ	paieremias èǹhrai hijen nierōou ǹt̀babilōn anhemsi ehrai anrimi xen p̀θrenerf̀mevi ǹsiōn	By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.
136:2	ⲁⲛⲓϣⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲟⲣⲅⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲉⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲥⲙⲏⲧⲉ	ⲁⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲓϣⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲛⲟⲣⲅⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ⲥ̀ⲃⲱ ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲣⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲥⲙⲏϯ	aǹteiṡe ǹnenorġanon èǹs̀vō ǹtōre xen tesmyti	We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.
136:3	ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲧⲁⲓⲭⲙⲁⲗⲱⲧⲓⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉϩⲉⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲱⲇⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲧϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϫⲉϫⲱ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲱⲇⲏ ⲛⲥⲓⲱⲛ	ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲁⲓⲭⲙⲁⲗⲱⲧⲓⲍⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ⲉ̀ϩⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲱⲇⲏ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉⲧϭⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ϫⲱ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲱⲇⲏ ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲱⲛ	je ntavgnoun m̀mav ǹje netaixmalōtize m̀mon èhansaji ǹōḋy ouoh netċi m̀mon je gō èron ǹous̀mou ougō èvol xen nōḋy ǹsiōn	For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
136:4	ⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲧⲛⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲛⲧⲱⲇⲏ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁϩ ⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ	ⲛ̀ⲁϣ ⲛ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲇⲏ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ϣⲉⲙⲙⲟ	ǹaṡ ǹryti tennagō ǹtōḋy ǹp̀ċois xen oukahi ǹṡemmo	How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
136:5	ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲣⲡⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ ⲑⲓⲗ︤ⲏ︦ⲙ︥ ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲁⲗⲁⲥ ⲧⲱϭⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϣⲟⲩⲱⲃⲉ	ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛⲉⲣⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ ⲧⲓⲗⲏⲙ ⲉⲩⲉⲉⲣⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲓ̀ⲛⲁⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲡⲁⲗⲁⲥ ⲧⲱϭⲉ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁϣⲟⲩⲱⲃⲉ	aiṡanerp̀ouōvṡ tilym eveerpōvṡ ǹtaouìnam èrepalas tōċe ètaṡouōve	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
136:6	ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲧⲙⲣⲡⲟⲩⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲧⲙⲕⲱ ⲛⲑⲓⲗ︤ⲏ︦ⲙ︥ ϩⲛⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ	ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛϣⲧⲉⲙⲉⲣⲡⲟⲩⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛϣⲧⲉⲙⲭⲱ ⲛ̀ⲧⲓⲗⲏⲙ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ	aiṡanṡtemerpoumevi aiṡanṡtemkō ǹtilym xen t̀arṡy m̀panounof	May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.
136:7	ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲇⲱⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲓⲗ︤ⲏ︦ⲙ︥ ⲛⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ ϣⲁϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲉⲥⲥⲛⲧⲉ	ⲁ̀ⲣⲓⲫ̀ⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲉⲇⲱⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡ̀ⲱ̀ⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲓⲗⲏⲙ ⲛⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ ϣⲁϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉⲥⲥ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ	àrif̀mevi èp̀ċois ǹǹṡyri nedōm ouoh p̀ṑou ǹtilym netgō m̀mos je takos takos ṡahrai èness̀nouti	Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations.
136:8	ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲧⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲧⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲟⲟⲃⲉϥ ⲛⲁⲛ	ⲧ̀ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲧ̀ⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲧⲟⲟⲃⲉϥ ⲛⲁⲛ	t̀ṡeere ǹt̀babilōn t̀talaipōros naiatf ǹpetnatōōve ne ǹpoutōōve ǹtatoovef nan	Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.
136:9	ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛϥⲧⲟⲙⲥⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲧⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ	ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥⲑⲟⲙⲥⲟⲩ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ	naiatf ǹpetnaamahte ǹnouṡyri ǹtefθomsou xaten t̀petra	Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

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title: Psalms 136
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0136
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attribution: Psalms 136 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0136, 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/0136.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 136 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0136.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0136)
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attribution: Psalms 136 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0136, 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: stroke_kept=3 stroke_unified=9 tokens=76
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/0136.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 136 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0136.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: Psalms 136 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0136, 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/0136.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 · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 136:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0136, verse 136:1, 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 · agrees with the number) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 136:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0136, verse 136:2, 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 136:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0136, verse 136:3, 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 136:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0136, verse 136:4, 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 136:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0136, verse 136:5, 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 136:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0136, verse 136:6, 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 136. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0136. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/0136.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 136 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0136, 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.