Psalms 27 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_027

Attribution: Psalms 27 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_027, 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
27:1	ⲡⲉⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲁⲓϫⲓϣⲕⲁⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲁⲣⲱⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲙⲏⲡⲱⲥ ⲛⲅⲕⲁⲣⲱⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲧⲁⲣⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲃⲏⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲡϣⲏⲓ	ⲡ̀ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ ⲁⲓϫⲓϣⲕⲁⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲭⲁⲣⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ⲙⲏⲡⲱⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲁⲣⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ⲧⲁⲣⲑⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲧⲃⲏⲕ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϣⲏⲓ	p̀psalmos ǹdavid aijiṡkak ehrai èrok p̀ċois panouti m̀perkarōk èroi mypōs ǹtekkarōk èroi tarθe ǹnetvyk èpesyt èp̀ṡyi	To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.
27:2	ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲡⲉϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲟⲡⲥ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲣⲁⲥⲉⲡⲥⲱⲡⲕ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲓ ⲛⲛⲁϭⲓϫ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ	ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁϯϩⲟ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲧⲣⲁⲥⲉⲡⲥⲱⲡⲕ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁϥⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁϫⲓϫ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲕⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ	sōtem èp̀hroou ǹpatiho xen p̀trasep·sōpk ètafì ǹnajig ehrai èpekerfei eθouab	Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.
27:3	ⲙⲡⲣⲥⲉⲕⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲛⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲁⲕⲟⲓ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲧϣⲁϫⲉ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧϩⲓⲧⲟⲩⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲩϩⲏⲧ	ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲉⲕⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲧⲁⲕⲟⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲥⲁϫⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲧϧⲁⲑⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ	m̀persektapsiky nem ǹrefernovi ouoh m̀pertakoi nem neterhōb ètànomia netsaji xen oueiryny nem netxaθouou èreǹpet·hōou xen nouhyt	Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.
27:4	ϯⲛⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲛⲉⲩϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲧⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲩϭⲓϫ ϯⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲟ	ϯⲛⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛⲟⲩϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧ̀ⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛ̀ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩϫⲓϫ ϯⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲟⲩⲓⲟ	tinav kata nouh̀vyouì ouoh kata t̀ponyria ǹnoumevi tōōve nōou kata ǹh̀vyouì ǹnoujig tinav ǹpoutouio	Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them.
27:5	ϫⲉⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲕⲛⲁϣⲣϣⲱⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲅⲧⲙⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ	ϫⲉⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲙⲓ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ̀ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥϫⲓϫ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁϣⲣϣⲱⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕϣⲧⲉⲙⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ	jem̀peouemi èǹh̀vyouì ǹp̀ċois ouoh ǹh̀vyouì ǹnefjig k̀naṡrṡōrou ǹtekṡtemkotou	Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.
27:6	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ϫⲉⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲡⲉϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲟⲡⲥ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲥ̀ⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁϯϩⲟ	p̀ċois s̀marōout je afsōtem èp̀hroou ǹpatiho	Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.
27:7	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲃⲟⲏⲑⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲁⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲕⲁϩⲧⲏϥ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲓⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲧⲁⲥⲁⲣⲝ ϯⲟⲩⲱ ϯⲁⲛⲉⲝⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϩⲙⲡⲁⲟⲩⲱϣ	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲃⲟⲏ̀ⲑⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧⲁⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲕⲁϩⲧⲏϥ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲓⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ⲁⲧⲁⲥⲁⲣⲝ ϯⲟⲩⲱ ϯⲁⲛⲉⲝⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲟⲩⲱϣ	p̀ċois pe paboỳθos ouoh tanaṡte èta pahyt kahtyf èrof aierhoti atasarks tiouō tianeksomologei naf xen paouōṡ	The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him.
27:8	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲭ︤ⲣ︦ⲥ︥	ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧ̀ⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲭ̀ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ	p̀ċois pe p̀tagro ǹpeflaos ouoh t̀naṡte pe ǹnougai ǹpefx̀ristos	The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.
27:9	ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲩϫⲉⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲛⲅⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲅⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲅϫⲁⲥⲧⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ	ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲩϫⲉⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲕ̀ⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕϭⲁⲥⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ	matoujepeklaos ǹtek·s̀mou ètekk̀lyronomia ǹtekmoni m̀mōou ǹtekċasou ṡa èneh	Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.

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title: Psalms 27
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_027
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 27 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_027, 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/027.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 27 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 027.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_027)
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attribution: Psalms 27 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_027, 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 lexeme_L1-S-3=1 lexeme_open=1 stroke_unified=3 th_resolved=1 tokens=90
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/027.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 27 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 027.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: Psalms 27 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_027, 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/027.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 27:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_027, verse 27:1, 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 27:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_027, verse 27:2, 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 27:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_027, verse 27:3, 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 27:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_027, verse 27:4, 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 27:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_027, verse 27:5, 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 27:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_027, verse 27:6, 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 27. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_027. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/027.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 27 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_027, 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.