Psalm 82 (LXX 81): minor variants and Selah
Minor variants, from Swete's text and apparatus (vol. 2 pp. 323–324; sigla as printed, Greek unaccented as printed). No apparatus entry is printed at 81:1, 2 or 6.
Says Title: Swete prints Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ unnumbered above 81:1, for מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף.
Uncertain 82:1: for בַּעֲדַת־אֵל ("in the assembly of El/God") Swete has ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν ("in an assembly of gods"). Whether the plural reflects another Hebrew wording or interprets אֵל from the אֱלֹהִים judged in the same verse (θεοὺς; compare Θεοί ἐστε, 81:6) is not settled. No Hebrew witness with another wording is attested, and the MT is printed.
Implies 82:7: for אָכֵן Swete has ὑμεῖς δὲ δὴ; δη is read by B* (Swete: "fort," perhaps) and ℵ*, and omitted by Bc, ℵc.a, A, R and T. The Greek renders the particle and makes the plural subject explicit; no other Hebrew wording is attested.
Says 81:3: A κρινεται; ℵ* πτωχον κ. ορφανον; ℵc.a A R T ορφανω κ. πτωχω.
Says 81:4: R* ανταναιρειτε (Ra εξελ.); after ῥύσασθε, ℵc.a and T add αυτον (ℵc.b omits), A adds αυτους.
Says 81:5: ℵc.a R σαλευθητωσαν.
Says 81:7: R ανθρωπος; T ις for εἷς (a τ erased before it); ℵ αρχων.
Says 81:8: κατακληρονομήσεις B ℵc.a; A* and T -σης; ℵ* εξολεθρευσεις; A's margin adds αυτους, queried.
Uncertain סֶלָה ends 82:2 (BSB "Selah"), and Swete's 81:2 ends διάψαλμα. BDB proposes the sense "lift up" or "exalt"; the meaning is not settled.
Claims
- SaysSwete prints the title Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ unnumbered above 81:1, for מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף.
- Uncertain82:1: בַּעֲדַת־אֵל / Swete ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν: whether the plural reflects another Hebrew wording or interprets אֵל is not settled; no Hebrew witness with another wording is attested, and the MT is printed.
- Implies82:7: אָכֵן / Swete ὑμεῖς δὲ δὴ (δη B* fort, ℵ*; om. Bc ℵc.a A R T): the Greek renders the particle and makes the subject explicit; no other Hebrew wording is attested.
- SaysLXX 81:3: A κρινεται; ℵ* πτωχον κ. ορφανον; ℵc.a A R T ορφανω κ. πτωχω.
- SaysLXX 81:4: R* ανταναιρειτε (Ra εξελ.); +αυτον ℵc.a T (ℵc.b omits); +αυτους A.
- SaysLXX 81:5: ℵc.a R σαλευθητωσαν.
- SaysLXX 81:7: R ανθρωπος; T ις for εἷς (τ erased before it); ℵ αρχων.
- SaysLXX 81:8: κατακληρονομήσεις B ℵc.a; -σης A* T; ℵ* εξολεθρευσεις; +αυτους A margin, queried.
- Uncertainסֶלָה (82:2) / διάψαλμα (LXX 81:2): meaning not settled.
Citations
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Ps 81 title, 81:1–8, text and apparatus (vol. 2 pp. 323–324, leaves n340–n341). LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 2 (1896), pp. 323–324.
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Ps 82:1–2, 7 (WLC/OSHB; morph HR/Ncfsc, HNcmsa, HTj, HD)
- BSB public domain Ps 82:2
- BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H5542, p. 699, entry o.bo.ab; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n722
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