[B-Greek] Question on LXX Psalm 35:5 (Psa 36:5)

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Tue Dec 7 15:30:39 EST 2004


 
> KURIE EN TWi OURANWi TO ELEOS SOU KAI H 
> ALHQEIA SOU EWS TWN NEFELWN.

> My rendering comes out: "O Lord in heaven, thy mercy and thy truth 
> (reach) to the clouds."
> 
> Is there good reason in the Greek to connect "EN TWi OURANWi" 
> with "TO ELEWS SOU" rather than with "KURIE?"

I am reminded of the vocative followed by articular "in heaven" in Matthew
6:9: PATER hHMWN hO EN TOIS OURANOIS. 
But I am not sure whether my impression that the article is normally present
in such constructions is correct.

Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew Poetry)
Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
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