Psalms 52 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_052

Attribution: Psalms 52 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_052, 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
52:0	ⲉⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲙⲁⲉⲗⲗⲉⲑ ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ	ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲁⲙⲁⲉⲗⲗⲉⲑ ⲧ̀ⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ	èp̀gōk èvol xamaelleθ t̀m̀ntrmnhyt ǹdavid	draft · highFor the end, concerning Maeleth. The instruction of David.
52:1	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲁⲑⲏⲧ ϩⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ϫⲉⲙⲛⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲁⲩⲣⲃⲟⲧⲉ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲩⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲙⲛⲡⲉⲧⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲟⲩⲁ	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲁⲧϩⲏⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ϫⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϯ ϣⲟⲡ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲁⲩⲉⲣⲃⲱϯ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲓ̀ⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲟⲩⲁⲓ	pejepat·hyt xen pefhyt je m̀mon nouti ṡop avtako avervōti xen nouànomia nem petìri ǹoumetxrystos nem ouon ṡaehrai èouai	The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.
52:2	ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲧⲡⲉ ⲉϫⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲙⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ	ⲁⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ϫⲟⲩϣⲧ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲣⲙⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ	af̀nouti gouṡt èvol xen t̀fe èjen ǹṡyri ǹǹrōmi enav je ouon laav ǹrmnhyt efṡini ǹsa f̀nouti	God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.
52:3	ⲁⲩⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲣⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲙⲛⲡⲉⲧⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲟⲩⲁ	ⲁⲩⲣⲓⲕⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲣⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲓ̀ⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲟⲩⲁⲓ	avriki èvol tyrou avratṡav hi ousop nem petìri ǹoumetxrystos nem ouon ṡaehrai èouai	They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not even one.
52:4	ⲙⲏ ⲛⲥⲉⲛⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲧⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉⲡⲓⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ	ⲙⲏ ⲛ̀ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲉⲙⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϧⲣⲉ ⲛ̀ⲱⲓⲕ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲡⲓⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ	my ǹsenaemi tyrou an ǹje neterhōb ètànomia netouōm ǹpalaos ǹouxre ǹōik m̀peouepikalei ǹf̀nouti	Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:
52:5	ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲛϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ϫⲉⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϫⲉⲣⲉⲛⲕⲉⲉⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲣⲉϥⲁⲣⲉⲥⲕⲉ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲩϫⲓϣⲓⲡⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟϣϥⲟⲩ	ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲟϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡ̀ⲙⲁ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ϩⲟϯ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧϥ ϫⲉ ⲁ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ϫⲉⲣⲉⲛ̀ⲕⲉⲉⲥ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲁⲣⲉⲥⲕⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲩϭⲓϣⲓⲡⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲥⲟϣϥⲟⲩ	senaerhoti m̀mav xen ouhoti ǹte p̀ma ète m̀mon hoti ǹxytf je a f̀nouti jereǹkees èvol ǹǹrefareske ǹrōmi avċiṡipi je a f̀nouti soṡfou	or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them.
52:6	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϯ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲥⲓⲱⲛ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲓ︤ⲏ︦ⲗ︥ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲣⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲕⲧⲟ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲭⲙⲁⲗⲱⲥⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲗⲁⲟⲥ ϥⲛⲁⲧⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲛϭⲓⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲛϥⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲓ︤ⲏ︦ⲗ︥	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϯ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲓⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲕⲧⲟ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲓⲭⲙⲁⲗⲱⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲗⲁⲟⲥ ϥ̀ⲛⲁⲑⲉⲗⲏⲗ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ	nim petnati èvol xen siōn ǹp̀ougai ǹpisrayl xen p̀θrep̀ċois kto ǹtaixmalōsia ǹpeflaos f̀naθelyl ǹje iakōb ǹtefounof ǹje pisrayl	Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turns the captivity of his people, Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad.

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title: Psalms 52
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_052
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Psalms 52 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_052, 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/052.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Psalms 52 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 052.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_052)
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attribution: Psalms 52 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_052, 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=2 stroke_unified=6 th_resolved=1 tokens=78
file: Bible/Old Testament/Psalms/052.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Psalms 52 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 052.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: Psalms 52 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_052, 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/052.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 · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 52:1 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_052, verse 52:2, 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 52:2 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_052, verse 52:3, 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 52:3 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_052, verse 52:4, 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 52:4 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_052, verse 52:5, 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 52:5 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_052, verse 52:6, 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 · agrees with the number) (1 lines)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851), Psalms 52:6 — Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 19_Psalms_052, verse 52:7, 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) (1 lines)

Cite as:

Psalms 52. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 19_Psalms_052. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/psalms/052.sahidic.scriptorium/. Psalms 52 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 19_Psalms_052, 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.