Psalms 143 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0143

Attribution: Psalms 143 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0143, 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	English
143:1	ⲡⲁⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲛ ⲅⲟⲗⲓⲁⲑ ϥⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲛϭⲓⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟ ⲛⲛⲁϭⲓϫ ⲉⲡⲉⲙⲗⲁϩ ⲛⲁⲧⲏⲏⲃⲉ ⲉⲩⲡⲟⲗⲉⲙⲟⲥ	Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war.
143:2	ⲡⲁⲛⲁ ⲙⲛⲡⲁⲙⲁ ⲛⲡⲱⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲉϥϣⲟⲡⲧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ ⲧⲁⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲕⲁϩⲧⲏⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲧϩⲩⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ ϩⲁⲣⲁⲧⲧ	My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.
143:3	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲕⲟⲩⲟⲛϩⲕ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲏ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲕⲱⲡ ⲙⲙⲟϥ	Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou takest account of him?
143:4	ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲟ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉϥϩⲟⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ	Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.
143:5	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲣⲉⲕⲧ ⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ϫⲱϩ ⲉⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲉϯⲕⲁⲡⲛⲟⲥ	O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
143:6	ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲃⲃⲣⲏϭⲉ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲃⲕⲉⲛⲉⲕⲥⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲅϣⲧⲣⲧⲱⲣⲟⲩ	Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.
143:7	ⲙⲁⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲩϫⲟⲓ ⲛⲅⲛⲁϩⲙⲉⲧ ⲉϩⲉⲛⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧϭⲓϫ ⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ	Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strange children;
143:8	ⲧⲉⲩⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲁⲥϫⲱ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲉⲩⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲛϫⲓⲛϭⲟⲛⲥ ⲧⲉ	whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.
143:9	ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϯⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲛⲃⲣⲣⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲯⲁⲗⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲏⲧ ⲛⲕⲁⲡ	O God, I will sing a new song to thee: I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings.
143:10	ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲣⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲧⲥⲱⲧⲉ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲡⲉϥϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲥⲏϥⲉ ⲉⲥϩⲟⲟⲩ	Even to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword.
143:11	ⲛⲁϩⲙⲉⲧ ⲛⲅⲧⲟⲩϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ ⲁⲧⲉⲩⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ϫⲉⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ ⲧⲉⲩⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲁⲙ ⲛϫⲓⲛϭⲟⲛⲥ ⲧⲉ	Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;
143:12	ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲟ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲧⲱϭⲉ ⲛⲃⲣⲣⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲧⲱⲕ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲩⲙⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲩϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲥⲁⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲙⲓⲏⲩ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲡⲉ	whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple.
143:13	ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲩⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲉϩ ⲉⲩⲡⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲩⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲩϫⲡⲉϩⲁϩ ⲉⲩⲟϣ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲃⲟⲗ	Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after another; their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets.
143:14	ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲩⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲕ ⲙⲛⲧⲟⲩϩⲉ ⲛϫⲟ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϩⲓⲏ ⲛⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲛⲁϣⲕⲁⲕ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲩⲡⲗⲁⲧⲓⲁ
143:15	ⲁⲩⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲟⲩⲛⲧϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ	Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, but blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

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title: Psalms 143
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0143
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 143 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0143, 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/0143.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.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: 14 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 143:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0143, verse 143:1, 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 143:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0143, verse 143:2, 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 143:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0143, verse 143:3, 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 143:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0143, verse 143:4, 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 143:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0143, verse 143:5, 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 143:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_0143, verse 143:6, 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 143. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_0143. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/0143.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 143 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_0143, 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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