Psalms 23 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_023

Attribution: Psalms 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_023, 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
23:1	ⲡⲉⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲁ ⲛⲛⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲙⲛⲡⲉϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ	ⲡ̀ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲩⲟⲩⲁ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉϥϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲧ̀ⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲥ	p̀psalmos ǹdavid ǹsououa ǹǹsabbaton paċois pe p̀kahi nem pefgōk èvol t̀oikoumeny nem netouyh tyrou hrai ǹxyts	A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.
23:2	ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲁϥⲥⲙⲛⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲛⲛⲉⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧⲥ ϩⲓϫⲛⲛⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ	ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲁϥⲥⲙⲛⲥⲉⲛϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲥⲉⲃⲧⲱⲧⲥ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ	ǹθof afsmnsenti m̀mos hijen ǹθalassa ouoh afsevtōts hijen nierōou	He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.
23:3	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲏ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲧⲃⲃⲟ	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲓⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲧⲟⲩⲃⲟ	nim petnavōk ehrai èp̀tōou ǹp̀ċois ie nim petnaaheratf xen p̀ma ǹpeftouvo	Who shall go up to the mountain of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place?
23:4	ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲧⲃⲃⲏⲩ ϩⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲙⲡϥϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉϫⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲉⲡⲣⲁ ⲉⲙⲡϥⲱⲣⲕ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϩⲓⲧⲟⲩⲱϥ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲕⲣⲟϥ	ⲡⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥϫⲓϫ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲧⲟⲩⲃⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲙⲡⲉϥϭⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲣⲁ ⲉⲙⲡⲉϥⲱⲣⲕ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧϧⲁⲑⲟⲩϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲭ̀ⲣⲟϥ	peθouab xen nefjig pe eftouvyout xen pefhyt empefċi ǹtefpsiṡy èjen oum̀ntepra empefōrk ǹpetxaθouf xen ouk̀rof	He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
23:5	ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ	ⲫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁϭⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ	fai naċi ǹous̀mou èvol hiten p̀ċois ouoh ouna èvol hiten f̀nouti pefsōtyr	He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
23:6	ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲅⲉⲛⲉⲁ ⲛⲛⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲡϩⲟ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲇⲓⲁⲯⲁⲗⲙⲁ	ⲑⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲧ̀ⲅⲉⲛⲉⲁ̀ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁ ⲡ̀ϩⲟ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲇⲓⲁⲯⲁⲗⲙⲁ	θai te t̀geneà ǹnetṡini ǹsa p̀ċois netṡini ǹsa p̀ho ǹf̀nouti ǹiakōb ḋiapsalma	This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.
23:7	ϥⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲛϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲁⲣⲉϥⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ	ϥⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲛ̀ϣⲁ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲁⲣⲉϥⲓ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲱⲟⲩ	fai ǹnetenpily ehrai ǹarxōn ǹtetenċisi ehrai ǹpily ǹṡa èneh tarefi èxoun ǹje p̀ouro ǹp̀ōou	Lift up your gates, ye princes, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in.
23:8	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲇⲩⲛⲁⲧⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲩ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲟⲩⲛϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϩⲙⲡⲡⲟⲗⲉⲙⲟⲥ ⲇⲓⲁⲯⲁⲗⲙⲁ	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲱⲟⲩ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲇⲩⲛⲁⲧⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϫⲟⲙ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲉⲙⲟⲥ ⲇⲓⲁⲯⲁⲗⲙⲁ	nim pe paiouro ǹp̀ōou p̀ċois pe p̀ḋinatos ettagryout p̀ċois pète ouon gom m̀mof xen p̀polemos ḋiapsalma	Who is this king of Glory? the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
23:9	ϥⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲛϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲁⲣⲉϥⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ	ϥⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲛ̀ϣⲁ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲁⲣⲉϥⲓ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲱⲟⲩ	fai ǹnetenpily ehrai ǹarxōn ǹtetenċisi ehrai ǹpily ǹṡa èneh tarefi èxoun ǹje p̀ouro ǹp̀ōou	Lift up your gates, ye princes, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in.
23:10	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲛϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲱⲟⲩ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ϫⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲱⲟⲩ	nim pe paiouro ǹp̀ōou p̀ċois ǹǹgom ǹθof pe p̀ouro ǹp̀ōou	Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is this king of glory.

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title: Psalms 23
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_023
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_023, 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/023.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 23 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 023.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_023)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_023, 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 abbrev_unstroked=1 tokens=111
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/023.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 23 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 023.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_023, 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/023.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: 10 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 23:7 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_023, verse 23:7, 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) (2 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 23:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_023, verse 23:1, 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 23:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_023, verse 23:2, 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 23:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_023, verse 23:3, 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 23:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_023, verse 23:4, 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 23:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_023, verse 23:5, 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)
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Psalms 23. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_023. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/023.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_023, 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.