Psalm 2 → 105

Reasoning: 11776 Output: 7676 Total: 19452

Argument

Short answer: Psalm 105 can be read as the narrative demonstration and covenantal grounding of Psalm 2. Psalm 2 announces YHWH’s decree about his anointed ruler, warns the kings/judges of the earth, and promises the nations as an inheritance; Psalm 105 then shows, in Israel’s own history, how YHWH actually reproves kings, protects his anointed/chosens, judges the nations, and gives Israel the lands of the nations as an inheritance—so that his people will “serve” and keep his statutes. The two psalms are tied by a cluster of rare, specific lexemes and tightly overlapping motifs, and they naturally form a “royal proclamation → historical proof/prologue” sequence familiar from ANE covenantal rhetoric.

Details

A. High‑value lexical links (rare, distinctive, and/or identical forms)
- משיח “anointed”
  - Ps 2:2 “על יְהוָה ועל מְשִׁיחוֹ”
  - Ps 105:15 “אַל־תִּגְּעוּ בִּמְשִׁיחָי”
  Significance: Very rare in the Psalter. Psalm 2 has the singular royal “his anointed”; Psalm 105 quotes YHWH forbidding harm to “my anointed ones” (patriarchs), functionally applying Ps 2’s theology to history.

- חֹק “decree/statute”
  - Ps 2:7 “אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל־חֹק יְהוָה”
  - Ps 105:10 “וַיַּעֲמִידֶהָ לְיַעֲקֹב לְחֹק”; 105:45 “יִשְׁמְרוּ חֻקָּיו”
  Significance: Same noun. The “royal decree” of Ps 2 corresponds to the covenant as a “statute” in Ps 105. Psalm 105 ends with the explicit purpose clause “so that they keep his statutes,” which fits Ps 2’s call to “serve YHWH.”

- שֵׁבֶט / שְׁבָטִים “rod/tribes” and בַּרְזֶל “iron”
  - Ps 2:9 “בְּשֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל”
  - Ps 105:18 “בַּרְזֶל בָּאָה נַפְשׁוֹ”; 105:37 “וְאֵין בִּשְׁבָטָיו כֹּשֵׁל”
  Significance: The exact noun “iron” appears in both; “שבט” appears in Ps 2 as “rod” and in Ps 105 as “tribes” (same lexeme; different sense), keeping the “staff/rod” semantic field active in both psalms.

- נחל/נחלה + נתן “inheritance” + “give”
  - Ps 2:8 “וְאֶתְּנָה גוֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶךָ; וַאֲחֻזָּתְךָ אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ”
  - Ps 105:11 “לֵאמֹר: לְךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן חֵבֶל נַחֲלַתְכֶם”; 105:44 “וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אַרְצוֹת גוֹיִם … יִירָשׁוּ”
  Significance: These are near‑formulaic matches: “give” + “inheritance/possession” + “nations/land.” Psalm 105 explicitly realizes Ps 2’s promise.

- שאל “ask”
  - Ps 2:8 “שְׁאַל מִמֶּנִּי”
  - Ps 105:40 “שָׁאַל וַיָּבֵא שְׂלָו”
  Significance: Same root. In Ps 2 the king is invited to “ask” for the nations; in Ps 105 Israel “asks” and receives provision—another narrative instantiation of the ask/receive dynamic.

- מלך/מלכים; שפט/משפט “king(s)” and “judge/judgment”
  - Ps 2:2, 10 “מַלכֵי־אֶרֶץ”; “שֹׁפְטֵי אָרֶץ”
  - Ps 105:14 “וַיּוֹכַח עֲלֵיהֶם מְלָכִים”; 105:20 “שָׁלַח מֶלֶךְ”; 105:7 “מִשְׁפָּטָיו בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ”; 105:5 “מִשְׁפְּטֵי־פִיו”
  Significance: The same actors and legal vocabulary reappear—Ps 2 warns kings/judges; Ps 105 shows kings reproved and YHWH’s “judgments” operative “in all the earth.”

- גּוֹיִם/לְאֻמִּים/עַמִּים “nations/peoples”
  - Ps 2:1, 8 “גּוֹיִם; לְאֻמִּים”
  - Ps 105:1 “בָּעַמִּים”; 105:11 “אֶרֶץ־כְּנָעַן … נַחֲלַתְכֶם”; 105:13 “מִגּוֹי אֶל־גּוֹי”; 105:44 “אַרְצוֹת גוֹיִם … לְאֻמִּים”
  Significance: The same international stage, with a strong concentration of “nations/peoples/earth.”

- Divine speech/word
  - Ps 2:5,7 “יְדַבֵּר … אָמַר אֵלַי”
  - Ps 105:8 “דָּבָר צִוָּה”; 105:19 “אִמְרַת יְהוָה”; 105:31, 34 “אָמַר וַיָּבֹא”
  Significance: Both psalms pivot on YHWH’s efficacious speech—decree/oracle in Ps 2, performative word in Ps 105.

B. Motif‑level correspondences
- Kings and nations versus YHWH’s anointed:
  - Ps 2: the kings “take their stand … against YHWH and his anointed.”
  - Ps 105: YHWH “reproved kings” for Israel’s sake; “Do not touch my anointed ones; and to my prophets do no harm” (vv. 14–15). This is practically Ps 2’s warning enacted in Israel’s story.

- Inheritance of the nations:
  - Ps 2 promises “the nations as inheritance.”
  - Ps 105 narrates “He gave them the lands of the nations … they inherited the toil of peoples” (v. 44). This is the concrete fulfillment template of Ps 2:8.

- YHWH’s rule reaches all the earth:
  - Ps 2 addresses “kings” and “judges of the earth,” and the “ends of the earth.”
  - Ps 105:7 says explicitly “His judgments are in all the earth,” then rehearses those judgments in Egypt and Canaan.

- Covenant adoption/sonship backdrop:
  - Ps 2:7 “You are my son; today I have begotten you” is the Davidic adoption formula (2 Sam 7).
  - Ps 105:6, 42 foregrounds Abraham as “my servant,” and the covenant oath to the patriarchs. The Exodus section (esp. the smiting of the firstborn, v. 36) echoes Exod 4:22 (“Israel is my firstborn”), which conceptually dovetails with Ps 2’s sonship motif.

- Protection of the faithful and warning to opponents:
  - Ps 2:11–12 “Serve YHWH with fear … Kiss the son lest he be angry … Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”
  - Ps 105:1–5 calls to praise/seek/remember; 14–15 and throughout the plagues narrate protection of the chosen and judgment on opponents; 43 ends with “joy” for the chosen—an historical illustration of Ps 2:12’s beatitude.

C. Stylistic and formal parallels
- Imperative chains leading to theological rationale:
  - Ps 2:10–12 strings imperatives to kings/judges (be wise, be warned, serve, rejoice, kiss).
  - Ps 105:1–5 strings imperatives to the congregation (give thanks, call, make known, sing, speak, glory, seek, remember), culminating in v. 45’s purpose: “in order that they keep his statutes and observe his laws.” Both psalms end with a practical response to YHWH’s kingship.

- Embedded divine oracles:
  - Ps 2:7 quotes YHWH’s enthronement oracle.
  - Ps 105 quotes YHWH’s words: “to you I will give the land of Canaan” (v. 11); “Do not touch my anointed ones” (v. 15). Both move from narrator’s voice into direct divine speech.

- Programmatic closure:
  - Ps 2 closes with a beatitude (“אַשְׁרֵי”).
  - Ps 105 closes with “Hallelujah” after stating the covenant purpose. Each ends with a liturgical seal.

D. Conceptual sequencing (how 105 “follows on” from 2)
- Royal decree → historical prologue: In ANE covenant form, a sovereign’s call to loyalty is often followed by a historical prologue rehearsing his benefactions. Ps 2 issues the royal decree and loyalty demand to the earth’s rulers; Ps 105 supplies the historical prologue—Abrahamic oath, Exodus judgments, provision, and gift of the nations’ lands—that justifies the demand and leads to the covenant purpose (keeping statutes).

- Promise → realization: Ps 2:8 promises “Ask … and I will give the nations as your inheritance.” Ps 105 twice states the “I will give/gave” of land/inheritance (vv. 11, 44), showing precisely that YHWH has both promised and performed such transfers of “nations” to his chosen.

- Warning to kings → example of kings reproved: Ps 2 warns “kings … be wise; judges … be warned.” Ps 105 shows kings actually “reproved” and nations struck when they resisted YHWH’s anointed/prophets, thus providing case studies of the consequences envisioned in Ps 2.

E. Additional intriguing echoes
- “Cords/lines”: Ps 2:3 speaks of “casting off their cords” (עֲבֹתֵימוֹ). Ps 105:11 uses “חֶבֶל נַחֲלַתְכֶם,” literally a “measuring cord/lot of your inheritance.” The rebellious nations want to cut off YHWH’s “cords,” but YHWH uses the measuring cord to apportion inheritance to his people.

- Wisdom/discipline: Ps 2:10 “השכילו … היווסרו” (be wise; be instructed). Ps 105:22 “וּזְקֵנָיו יְחַכֵּם” (“he made their elders wise”). Both place “wisdom” on the response side of YHWH’s rule.

- Fear/terror: Ps 2:5 “he terrifies them in his wrath.” Ps 105:38 “Egypt was glad at their departure, for dread of them had fallen upon them.” Similar effect-language of divine dread.

F. Liturgical-historical fit
- Ps 2 is a royal/enthronement psalm (likely used at coronations), asserting the worldwide scope of the Davidic king under YHWH.
- Ps 105 is a historical hymn (suitable for pilgrimage/festival, notably Passover/Sukkot), rehearsing the covenantal acts that legitimate YHWH’s kingship and Israel’s possession.
- Together they form an intelligible festival sequence: proclaim the king (Ps 2) → recount the sovereign’s saving acts and covenant (Ps 105) → conclude with the obligation to keep his statutes (105:45), which restates the ethical demand of Ps 2:10–12.

Conclusion
Despite their distance in the canonical order, Psalm 105 can plausibly be read as the logical narrative-covenantal follow‑up to Psalm 2. They share a rare lexical core (משיח; חק; ברזל; שבט; נחלה/נתן; שאל), the same dramatis personae (YHWH, his anointed/chosens, kings/judges, nations), congruent themes (inheritance of nations; reproof/judgment of kings; universal reach of YHWH’s rule), and similar rhetorical moves (imperatives; embedded oracles; programmatic closures). Psalm 105 supplies the historical proofs and covenant rationale that validate Psalm 2’s global royal claim and its call that all rulers and peoples submit to YHWH and keep his statutes.

Evaluation

Score: 6.5

Evaluated at: 2025-10-08T06:57:53 (UTC)

Evaluator model: gpt-5

Evaluator version: v2

Reasoning: 3520 Output: 8514 Total: 12034

Vocabulary specificity: 5.5 / 10

Strong text-anchored links (משיח; חֹק; נתן+נחלה; reproved kings) and plausible sequence, but many items are common/polysemous (גוים, משפט, שאל; שבט=tribes), no editorial markers, and distant canonical placement. Thus persuasive but not decisive.

Prompt

Consider Psalm 2 and Psalm 105 (reproduced below). What arguments could you make to justify that Psalm 105 logically follows on from Psalm 2? Consider stylistic similarities, similarities of form, similarities of vocab or ideas, shared roots (if you're doing the search in Hebrew), connections to sequences of events common in ancient Israelite life, mythology or history shared by the two psalms.

Rarer words are more significant than commoner words. Identical forms are more significant than similar forms. The same word class is more significant than different word classes formed from the same root. Identical roots are more significant than suppletive roots.

Psalm 2:
Psalm 2
1. לָ֭מָּה
        רָגְשׁ֣וּ
        גוֹיִ֑ם
        וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים
        יֶהְגּוּ־
        רִֽtיק׃
2. יִ֥תְיַצְּב֨וּ ׀
        מַלְכֵי־
        אֶ֗רֶץ
        וְרוֹזְנִ֥ים
        נֽוֹסְדוּ־
        יָ֑חַד
        עַל־
        יְ֝הוָה
        וְעַל־
        מְשִׁיחֽtוֹ׃
3. נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה
        אֶת־
        מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ
        וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה
        מִמֶּ֣נּוּ
        עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ׃
4. יוֹשֵׁ֣ב
        בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם
        יִשְׂחָ֑ק
        אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י
        יִלְעַג־
        לָֽמוֹ׃
5. אָ֤ז
        יְדַבֵּ֣ר
        אֵלֵ֣ימוֹ
        בְאַפּ֑וֹ
        וּֽבַחֲרוֹנ֥וֹ
        יְבַהֲלֵֽמוֹ׃
6. וַ֭אֲנִי
        נָסַ֣כְתִּי
        מַלְכִּ֑י
        עַל־
        צִ֝יּ֗וֹן
        הַר־
        קָדְשִֽׁי׃
7. אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה
        אֶֽ֫ל
        חֹ֥ק
        יְֽהוָ֗ה
        אָמַ֘ר
        אֵלַ֥י
        בְּנִ֥י
        אַ֑תָּה
        אֲ֝נִ֗י
        הַיּ֥וֹם
        יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃
8. שְׁאַ֤ל
        מִמֶּ֗נִּי
        וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה
        ג֭וֹיִם
        נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ
        וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗
        אַפְסֵי־
        אָֽרֶץ׃
9. תְּ֭רֹעֵם
        בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט
        בַּרְזֶ֑ל
        כִּכְלִ֖י
        יוֹצֵ֣ר
        תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃
10. וְ֭עַתָּה
        מְלָכִ֣ים
        הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ
        הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ
        שֹׁ֣פְטֵי
        אָֽרֶץ׃
11. עִבְד֣וּ
        אֶת־
        יְהוָ֣ה
        בְּיִרְאָ֑ה
        וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ
        בִּרְעָדָֽה׃
12. נַשְּׁקוּ־
        בַ֡ר
        פֶּן־
        יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀
        וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ
        דֶ֗רֶךְ
        כִּֽי־
        יִבְעַ֣ר
        כִּמְעַ֣ט
        אַפּ֑וֹ
        אַ֝שְׁרֵ֗י
        כָּל־
        ח֥וֹסֵי
        בֽוֹ׃

Psalm 105:
Psalm 105
1. הוֹד֣וּ
        לַ֭יהוָה
        קִרְא֣וּ
        בִשְׁמ֑וֹ
        הוֹדִ֥יעוּ
        בָ֝עַמִּ֗ים
        עֲלִילוֹתָֽיו׃
2. שִֽׁירוּ־
        ל֭וֹ
        זַמְּרוּ־
        ל֑וֹ
        שִׂ֝֗יחוּ
        בְּכָל־
        נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃
3. הִֽ֭תְהַלְלוּ
        בְּשֵׁ֣ם
        קָדְשׁ֑וֹ
        יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח
        לֵ֤ב ׀
        מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י
        יְהוָֽה׃
4. דִּרְשׁ֣וּ
        יְהוָ֣ה
        וְעֻזּ֑וֹ
        בַּקְּשׁ֖וּ
        פָנָ֣יו
        תָּמִֽיד׃
5. זִכְר֗וּ
        נִפְלְאוֹתָ֥יו
        אֲשֶׁר־
        עָשָׂ֑ה
        מֹ֝פְתָ֗יו
        וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי־
        פִֽיו׃
6. זֶ֭רַע
        אַבְרָהָ֣ם
        עַבְדּ֑וֹ
        בְּנֵ֖י
        יַעֲקֹ֣ב
        בְּחִירָֽיו׃
7. ה֭וּא
        יְהוָ֣ה
        אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
        בְּכָל־
        הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ
        מִשְׁפָּטָֽיו׃
8. זָכַ֣ר
        לְעוֹלָ֣ם
        בְּרִית֑וֹ
        דָּבָ֥ר
        צִ֝וָּ֗ה
        לְאֶ֣לֶף
        דּֽוֹר׃
9. אֲשֶׁ֣ר
        כָּ֭רַת
        אֶת־
        אַבְרָהָ֑ם
        וּשְׁב֖וּעָת֣וֹ
        לְיִשְׂחָֽק׃
10. וַיַּֽעֲמִידֶ֣הָ
        לְיַעֲקֹ֣ב
        לְחֹ֑ק
        לְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
        בְּרִ֣ית
        עוֹלָֽם׃
11. לֵאמֹ֗ר
        לְךָ֗
        אֶתֵּ֥ן
        אֶת־
        אֶֽרֶץ־
        כְּנָ֑עַן
        חֶ֝֗בֶל
        נַחֲלַתְכֶֽם׃
12. בִּֽ֭הְיוֹתָם
        מְתֵ֣י
        מִסְפָּ֑ר
        כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט
        וְגָרִ֥ים
        בָּֽהּ׃
13. וַֽ֭יִּתְהַלְּכוּ
        מִגּ֣וֹי
        אֶל־
        גּ֑וֹי
        מִ֝מַּמְלָכָ֗ה
        אֶל־
        עַ֥ם
        אַחֵֽר׃
14. לֹֽא־
        הִנִּ֣יחַ
        אָדָ֣ם
        לְעָשְׁקָ֑ם
        וַיּ֖וֹכַח
        עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם
        מְלָכִֽים׃
15. אַֽל־
        תִּגְּע֥וּ
        בִמְשִׁיחָ֑י
        וְ֝לִנְבִיאַי
        אַל־
        תָּרֵֽעוּ׃
16. וַיִּקְרָ֣א
        רָ֭עָב
        עַל־
        הָאָ֑רֶץ
        כָּֽל־
        מַטֵּה־
        לֶ֥חֶם
        שָׁבָֽר׃
17. שָׁלַ֣ח
        לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם
        אִ֑ישׁ
        לְ֝עֶ֗בֶד
        נִמְכַּ֥ר
        יוֹסֵֽף׃
18. עִנּ֣וּ
        בַכֶּ֣בֶל
        רגליו
        רַגְל֑וֹ
        בַּ֝רְזֶ֗ל
        בָּ֣אָה
        נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
19. עַד־
        עֵ֥ת
        בֹּֽא־
        דְבָר֑וֹ
        אִמְרַ֖ת
        יְהוָ֣ה
        צְרָפָֽתְהוּ׃
20. שָׁ֣לַח
        מֶ֭לֶךְ
        וַיַּתִּירֵ֑הוּ
        מֹשֵׁ֥ל
        עַ֝מִּ֗ים
        וַֽיְפַתְּחֵֽהוּ׃
21. שָׂמ֣וֹ
        אָד֣וֹן
        לְבֵית֑וֹ
        וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל
        בְּכָל־
        קִנְיָנֽוֹ׃
22. לֶאְסֹ֣ר
        שָׂרָ֣יו
        בְּנַפְשׁ֑וֹ
        וּזְקֵנָ֥יו
        יְחַכֵּֽם׃
23. וַיָּבֹ֣א
        יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל
        מִצְרָ֑יִם
        וְ֝יַעֲקֹ֗ב
        גָּ֣ר
        בְּאֶֽרֶץ־
        חָֽם׃
24. וַיֶּ֣פֶר
        אֶת־
        עַמּ֣וֹ
        מְאֹ֑ד
        וַ֝יַּֽעֲצִמֵהוּ
        מִצָּרָֽיו׃
25. הָפַ֣ךְ
        לִ֭בָּם
        לִשְׂנֹ֣א
        עַמּ֑וֹ
        לְ֝הִתְנַכֵּ֗ל
        בַּעֲבָדָֽיו׃
26. שָׁ֭לַח
        מֹשֶׁ֣ה
        עַבְדּ֑וֹ
        אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ן
        אֲשֶׁ֣ר
        בָּֽחַר־
        בּֽוֹ׃
27. שָֽׂמוּ־
        בָ֭ם
        דִּבְרֵ֣י
        אֹתוֹתָ֑יו
        וּ֝מֹפְתִ֗ים
        בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
        חָֽם׃
28. שָׁ֣לַֽח
        חֹ֭שֶׁךְ
        וַיַּחְשִׁ֑ךְ
        וְלֹֽא־
        מָ֝ר֗וּ
        אֶת־
        דברוו
        דְּבָרֽוֹ׃
29. הָפַ֣ךְ
        אֶת־
        מֵימֵיהֶ֣ם
        לְדָ֑ם
        וַ֝יָּ֗מֶת
        אֶת־
        דְּגָתָֽם׃
30. שָׁרַ֣ץ
        אַרְצָ֣ם
        צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים
        בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י
        מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃
31. אָ֭מַר
        וַיָּבֹ֣א
        עָרֹ֑ב
        כִּ֝נִּ֗ים
        בְּכָל־
        גְּבוּלָֽם׃
32. נָתַ֣ן
        גִּשְׁמֵיהֶ֣ם
        בָּרָ֑ד
        אֵ֖שׁ
        לֶהָב֣וֹת
        בְּאַרְצָֽם׃
33. וַיַּ֣ךְ
        גַּ֭פְנָם
        וּתְאֵנָתָ֑ם
        וַ֝יְשַׁבֵּ֗ר
        עֵ֣ץ
        גְּבוּלָֽם׃
34. אָ֭מַר
        וַיָּבֹ֣א
        אַרְבֶּ֑ה
        וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק
        וְאֵ֣ין
        מִסְפָּֽר׃
35. וַיֹּ֣אכַל
        כָּל־
        עֵ֣שֶׂב
        בְּאַרְצָ֑ם
        וַ֝יֹּ֗אכַל
        פְּרִ֣י
        אַדְמָתָֽם׃
36. וַיַּ֣ךְ
        כָּל־
        בְּכ֣וֹר
        בְּאַרְצָ֑ם
        רֵ֝אשִׁ֗ית
        לְכָל־
        אוֹנָֽם׃
37. וַֽ֭יּוֹצִיאֵם
        בְּכֶ֣סֶף
        וְזָהָ֑ב
        וְאֵ֖ין
        בִּשְׁבָטָ֣יו
        כּוֹשֵֽׁל׃
38. שָׂמַ֣ח
        מִצְרַ֣יִם
        בְּצֵאתָ֑ם
        כִּֽי־
        נָפַ֖ל
        פַּחְדָּ֣ם
        עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
39. פָּרַ֣שׂ
        עָנָ֣ן
        לְמָסָ֑ךְ
        וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ
        לְהָאִ֥יר
        לָֽיְלָה׃
40. שָׁאַ֣ל
        וַיָּבֵ֣א
        שְׂלָ֑ו
        וְלֶ֥חֶם
        שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם
        יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם׃
41. פָּ֣תַח
        צ֭וּר
        וַיָּז֣וּבוּ
        מָ֑יִם
        הָ֝לְכ֗וּ
        בַּצִּיּ֥וֹת
        נָהָֽר׃
42. כִּֽי־
        זָ֭כַר
        אֶת־
        דְּבַ֣ר
        קָדְשׁ֑וֹ
        אֶֽת־
        אַבְרָהָ֥ם
        עַבְדּֽוֹ׃
43. וַיּוֹצִ֣א
        עַמּ֣וֹ
        בְשָׂשׂ֑וֹן
        בְּ֝רִנָּ֗ה
        אֶת־
        בְּחִירָֽיו׃
44. וַיִּתֵּ֣ן
        לָ֭הֶם
        אַרְצ֣וֹת
        גּוֹיִ֑ם
        וַעֲמַ֖ל
        לְאֻמִּ֣ים
        יִירָֽשׁוּ׃
45. בַּעֲב֤וּר ׀
        יִשְׁמְר֣וּ
        חֻ֭קָּיו
        וְתוֹרֹתָ֥יו
        יִנְצֹ֗רוּ
        הַֽלְלוּ־
        יָֽהּ׃