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UHB 1 לַ⁠מְנַצֵּ֥חַ מִזְמ֗וֹר לְ⁠דָוִ֥ד שִֽׁיר׃ ‡

ULT For the chief musician. A psalm. A song of David.

WEBBE For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the music director; a psalm of David, a song.

FBV For the music director. A psalm of David. A song.

BBE To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song.

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. A song of David, for music.

ASV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David.

Drby To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: a Song.

RV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David.

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David.

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]To the chiefe musician, a Psalme and song of Dauid.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

65:1 Heb. is silent.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Psalm 65 Introduction

Structure and Formatting

Psalm 65 begins as a psalm of thanksgiving. David announces that he is paying a vow to God. He says what God has done for him: God has forgiven his sin. He invites people to share in a celebration meal. But after those standard elements, this turns into a psalm of worship. David describes the powerful things that God does, and he describes how people all over the world praise God for them. He then describes how God provides rain so that fields and pastures in meadows, hills, and valleys can produce good crops, and he depicts those places as praising God for that. See the discussion of the types of psalms in the introduction to the book of Psalms. 1. David’s declaration that he is paying a vow (1) 2. Statement of what God has done in answer to prayer (2–3) 3. Invitation to share in a celebration meal (4) 4. Reason to worship: God powerfully controls nature and people (5–7) 5. Description of people worshiping God for this (8) 6. Reason to worship: God sends rain to make crops grow (9–11) 7. Description of fields and pastures worshiping God for this (12–13)

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

לַ⁠מְנַצֵּ֥חַ

(la⁠mənaʦʦēaḩ)

For the chief musician is an instruction about who should lead people in singing or playing music with this psalm. This could refer to the person in charge of music for temple worship. If your readers would not be familiar with this role, you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [For the music director] or [For the worship leader]

Parallel PSA 65:0

Psalm 65 Introduction

Structure and Formatting