PSALMS IX. AND X. 271
of the immediately preceding initial, at the
head of a section extending (without subdivision
into strophes) down to the next initial occurring
in the text. In this way I hope that I may
bring the problem presented by the present
state of the text somewhat clearly before the
reader's eye. In Psalm ix. the verses are
numbered according to the Hebrew enumeration,
which, beginning with 2, is one in advance of
the English throughout. In Psalm x. the Hebrew
and English enumerations agree.
x
IX.^2 I will give thanks unto Thee, Yahweh, with my
whole heart,
I will recount all Thy wonders;
3 I will rejoice and exult in Thee,
I will make melody to Thy Name, 0 Most High.
b
4 Because mine enemies shall turn backward,
Shall stumble and perish at Thy presence;
5 For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause,
Hast sat upon the throne as a righteous judge.
g, (d), (h)
6 Thou hast rebuked the nations + + +,
Thou hast destroyed the wicked + + + ;
2a Thee with LXX (i.e. jrvx for hrvx of the Hebrew text), and in
agreement with the address to Yahweh in the following verses.
6-9 [These verses should contain what survives of the three
strophes which began with the letters g, d, and h. Of these initials
only g appears in the present text. In spite of the loss of its initial
letter, h, the third of these strophes seems still to be almost complete;
for yhyv (v. 10), the beginning of the v strophe, is preceded by two
distichs, with lines parallel to one another and of normal length, which