Psalm 151 - 𐤄𐤋𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤉

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Ethiopic Psalm 151 - in Ge'ez	"ንኡስ ፡ አነ ፡ እምአኀውየ ፡ ወወሬዛ ፡ በቤተ ፡ አቡየ ፤..." ዐይን: Hiob Ludolf Psalm 151 in a printed EOTC psalter (1900) Psalm 151 in the New Ge'ez Bible (2021) [p: 131] (transcription from THEOT) Manuscript transcriptions from THEOT IES 74; EMML 4415; EMIP 99; IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible); all THEOT transcriptions aligned by verse	Typical "early" mss. IES 74 (15th c.) [p: 107]; EMML 2064 (15th c.) [p: 136]; EMML 4415 (15th c.) [p: 138]; EMML 6531 (15th-16th c.) [p: 148]; Davies Dabra Damo 2 (early 16th c.) [p: 114]; EMML 3071 (16th c.) [p: 118]; Davies Dabra Libanos (16th c.) [p: 153] Typical "standardized" mss. EMIP 99 (17th c.) [p: 314]; Davies Axum Zion 3 (1664) [p: 274] Typical "modern" ms. IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 390r]
Septuagint Psalm 151 - in Koine Greek	"οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἰδιόγραφος εἰς Δαυιδ...": Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr	Codex Vaticanus (p: 714)
Vulgate Psalm 151 - in Latin (Excluded from most Vulgate mss.)	"hic psalmus proprie scriptus David..." Labeled "iuxta septuaginta". fons: vulgate.org (Here, the Vulgate represents an "Old Latin" text)	Cotton MS Vitellius E XVIII (p: 273)

Deuterocanonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Peshitta Psalm 151 - in Syriac Aramaic	ܡܙܡܘܖ̈ܐ ܕܡܐܐ ܘܚܡ̈ܫܝܢ ܘܚܕ ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	Ms. Mosul Chaldean Patriarchate 1113 [p: 04_008, middle right]

Non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls Psalms 151A and 151B (combined by later editors into Psalm 151) - in Hebrew	שני מזמורים: "הללויה לדויד בן ישי", "תחלת גבורה לדויד" [pp. 182-183 in "Parallel Manuscripts: Psalms"] מקור: הדרך ליהוה transcription with translation by James Sanders, quoted by Tyler F. Williams	Psalms 151A and 151B, within the "Great Psalms Scroll" (11Q5)

Significantly related biblical texts:

Other Psalms:

• Psalms 1-150 (the Masoretic canonical Psalms)
• Psalms 152-155
• Additional Ancient Psalms from Qumran and Elephantine
• Psalms of Solomon

Other books also included in the Ge'ez Psalter ("Dawit"):

• Psalms 1-150
• Song of Songs
• Canticles of the Prophets (Odes)

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