Psalms 137 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0137

Attribution: Psalms 137 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0137, 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
137:1	ⲡⲁⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ϯⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ϫⲉⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲛⲁⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ	ⲡⲁⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ ϯⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲛⲁⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ	pazaxarias èdavid tinaouōnh nak èvol p̀ċois xen pahyt tyrf je ak·sōtem èǹsaji ǹtatapro ouoh tinapsallei èrok ǹp̀m̀θo èvol ǹnangelos	I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.
137:2	ϯⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲛⲛⲁϩⲣⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϯⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲕϫⲁⲥⲧⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉϫⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ	ϯⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϯⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕϫⲁⲥⲧⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ	tinaouōṡt xaten pekerfei eθouab tinaouōnh èvol ǹpekran ehrai èjen pekna nem tekmyi je akgastpekran eθouab èjen ouon niven	I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.
137:3	ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϯⲛⲁⲱϣ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲛⲅⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲕⲛⲁⲧⲁϣⲟⲓ ϩⲛⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛⲟⲩϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲥ	ⲛ̀ⲡⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲱϣ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁⲧⲁϣⲟⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲟⲙ ⲉ̀ⲛⲁϣⲱⲥ	ǹpèhoou einaōṡ ehrai èrok ċepy ǹtek·sōtem èroi k̀nataṡoi xen tapsiṡy xen ougom ènaṡōs	In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul.
137:4	ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲉⲣⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲉⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ	ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲱⲛϧ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ	marenourōou tyrou ǹp̀kahi ouōnx nak èvol p̀ċois je avsōtem èǹsaji ǹtatapro	Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.
137:5	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲛⲛⲱⲇⲏ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲛ̀ⲛⲱⲇⲏ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲱ̀ⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ	ouoh marougō ǹnōḋy ǹp̀ċois je ouniṡti pe p̀ṑou ǹp̀ċois	And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
137:6	ϫⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲟⲥⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉϫⲛⲛⲉⲧⲑⲃⲃⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲛⲉⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉ	ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϥ̀ϫⲟⲩϣⲧ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲑⲃⲃⲓⲏⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϥ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉⲧϭⲟⲥⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲉⲓ	je p̀ċois goou ouoh f̀gouṡt èjen netθvviyv ouoh f̀nav ènetċosi ǹp̀ouei
137:7	ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲧⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ⲕⲛⲁⲧⲁⲛϩⲟⲓ ⲁⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲧⲁⲛϩⲟⲓ	ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲑⲙⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲑ̀ⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁⲧⲁⲛϧⲟⲓ ⲁⲕⲥⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕϫⲓϫ ⲉ̀ⲧⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲓ̀ⲛⲁⲙ ⲧⲁⲛϧⲟⲓ	aiṡanvōk èθmyti ǹt̀θ̀lipsis k̀natanxoi ak·souten ǹtekjig ètorgy ǹnekgaji ouoh atekouìnam tanxoi
137:8	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϯ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲱ ⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲛⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϯ ϧⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ϣⲟⲡ ϣⲁ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲭⲱ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲕ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕϫⲓϫ	p̀ċois nati xaroi p̀ċois pekna ṡop ṡa èneh m̀perkō ǹsōk ǹǹh̀vyouì ǹnekjig	O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.

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title: Psalms 137
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0137
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 137 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0137, 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/0137.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 137 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0137.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0137)
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attribution: Psalms 137 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0137, 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=90
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/0137.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 137 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 0137.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 137 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0137, 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/0137.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: 6 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 137:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0137, verse 137:1, 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 137:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0137, verse 137:2, 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 · agrees with the number) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 137:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0137, verse 137:3, 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 137:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0137, verse 137:4, 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 137:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0137, verse 137:5, 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 137:8 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0137, verse 137:8, 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 · agrees with the number) (1 lines)

Cite as:

Psalms 137. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0137. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/0137.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 137 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0137, 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.