Psalms 15 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_015

Attribution: Psalms 15 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_015, 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
15:1	ⲧⲉⲥⲧⲏⲗⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲓⲁ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲉⲁⲓⲕⲁϩⲧⲏⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ	ⲧ̀ⲥⲧⲏⲗⲟⲅⲣⲁⲫⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ ⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲭⲁϩⲧⲏⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ	t̀styloġrafia ǹdavid àreh èroi p̀ċois je aikahtyi èrok	Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee.
15:2	ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲉⲛⲧⲕ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲉⲛⲅⲣⲭⲣⲉⲓⲁ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲁⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ	ⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲡⲁϭⲟⲓⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲕⲣⲭⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲁⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ	aigos ǹp̀ċois je ǹθok paċois je ǹkrkria an naaġaθon	I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.
15:3	ⲁϥⲟⲩⲟⲛϩϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧϩⲙⲡⲉϥⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ	ⲁϥⲟⲩⲟⲛϩϥ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϣⲟⲡ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ	afouonhf èvol ǹneθouab etxen pefkahi nafouōṡ tyrou ṡop hrai ǹxytou	On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.
15:4	ⲁⲛⲉⲩϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲁϣⲁⲓ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛϩⲉⲛⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲁⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲁⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ	ⲁⲛⲟⲩϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲁ̀ϣⲁⲓ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩϣ̀ⲑⲟⲣⲧⲉⲣ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲥ̀ⲛⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲁⲉⲣⲫ̀ⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ	anouṡōni àṡai hrai ǹxytou menensa nai avṡ̀θorter nnasōouh èxoun ǹnousinaġōgy èvol xen hans̀nof ouḋe nnaerf̀mevi ǹnouran èvol xen naspotou	Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.
15:5	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲧⲙⲉⲣⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲙⲛⲡⲁϫⲱ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲧ̀ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲕ̀ⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁϫⲱ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲕ̀ⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ	p̀ċois pe t̀meris ǹtak̀lyronomia nem pagō ǹθok petti nyi ǹtak̀lyronomia	The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.
15:6	ⲁϩⲉⲛⲥⲛⲁⲩϩ ϩⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲧⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲁⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ	ⲁϩⲁⲛⲥⲛⲁϩ ⲣⲏϯ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲁⲕ̀ⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲏⲓ	ahansnah ryti ehrai ègōi xen netamahte kai ġar tak̀lyronomia tagryout nyi	The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.
15:7	ϯⲛⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲇⲉ ϣⲁⲧⲕⲉⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲛⲁϭⲗⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲓⲇⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ	ϯⲛⲁⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧⲓ ⲇⲉ ϣⲁ ⲧ̀ⲕⲉⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲛⲁϭⲗⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲓⲇⲉⲩⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ	tinas̀mou èp̀ċois petaftsavoi èti ḋe ṡa t̀keouṡy naċlote napaiḋeve m̀moi	I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.
15:8	ⲛⲉⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ ϫⲉϥϩⲓⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉⲛⲛⲁⲕⲓⲙ	ⲛⲉⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ϥ̀ϩⲓⲟⲩⲓ̀ⲛⲁⲙ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲛⲁⲕⲓⲙ	neinav èp̀ċois ǹpam̀θo èvol ǹouoeiṡ niven je f̀hiouìnam m̀moi je nnakim	I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
15:9	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲁⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲩⲫⲣⲁⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲡⲁⲗⲁⲥ ⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲁⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϩ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ	ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲩⲫⲣⲁⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲡⲁⲗⲁⲥ ⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲉ̀ⲧⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲁⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ	eθve fai a pahyt evfrane ouoh a palas θelyl èti ḋe takesarks naouōh xen ouhelpis	Therefore my heart rejoiced an my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
15:10	ϫⲉⲛⲛⲉⲕⲕⲱ ⲛⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϯ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲧⲁⲕⲟ	ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕⲭⲱ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲁ̀ⲙⲉⲛϯ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲕϯ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲧⲁⲕⲟ	je ǹnekkō ǹtapsiṡy xen àmenti ouḋe ǹnekti ǹpekpeθouab enav èp̀tako	because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
15:11	ⲁⲕⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲱⲛϩ ⲕⲛⲁϫⲟⲕⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲙⲛⲡⲉⲕϩⲟ ⲟⲩⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧϩⲛⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ	ⲁⲕⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲱⲛϧ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁϫⲟⲕⲧ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲟ ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲧⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲓ̀ⲛⲁⲙ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ	akouōnh nyi èvol ǹǹmōit ǹp̀ōnx k̀nagokt èvol ǹouounof nem pek·ho oum̀ton petxen tekouìnam ṡavol	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

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title: Psalms 15
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_015
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 15 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_015, 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/015.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 15 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 015.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_015)
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attribution: Psalms 15 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_015, 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: lexeme_L1-S-3=1 lexeme_open=1 tokens=107
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/015.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 15 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 015.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 15 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_015, 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/015.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: 11 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 15:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_015, verse 15:1, 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 15:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_015, verse 15:2, 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 15:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_015, verse 15:3, 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 15:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_015, verse 15:4, 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 15:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_015, verse 15:5, 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 15:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_015, verse 15:6, 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 15. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_015. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/015.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 15 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_015, 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.