Psalm 5 → 113

Reasoning: 12352 Output: 4169 Total: 16521

Argument

Short answer: read Psalm 113 as the communal, festival “Hallelujah” that enacts the vow of joy and blessing anticipated at the end of Psalm 5. The move is from an individual dawn‑lament and petition (Ps 5) to public, all‑day praise (Ps 113) of the God who exalts the lowly and blesses his people.

Arguments, by angle:

1) Form and setting (a plausible liturgical sequence)
- Psalm 5 is a morning prayer (בֹּקֶר appears twice, 5:4), an individual lament/petition with imprecation, ending in confidence and a vow-like expectation that the faithful will rejoice “forever” (5:12–13).
- Psalm 113 is an opening hymn (Hallelujah) suited to communal worship; in later practice it opens the Hallel. It invites “servants of YHWH” to praise from sunrise to sunset (113:3), i.e., to carry on the day begun with Psalm 5’s morning plea.
- Movement from the “I” of 5:2–9 to the “servants of YHWH” (113:1) matches a typical liturgical arc: private petition in the morning → corporate praise after assurance/deliverance.

2) Time-of-day and duration
- Ps 5:4 “In the morning you hear my voice … in the morning I arrange [my prayer] and watch.”
- Ps 113:3 “From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of YHWH is praised.”
- The day opens with petition (Ps 5) and unfolds into praise spanning the whole day (Ps 113). Both psalms also stress perpetuity: Ps 5:12 “לְעוֹלָם יְרַנֵּנוּ”; Ps 113:2 “מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם.”

3) Kingship/enhronement coherence
- Ps 5:3 addresses God as “מַלְכִּי וֵאלֹהָי.”
- Ps 113:4–5 presents YHWH as transcendent King: “רָם עַל־כָּל־גּוֹיִם … מִי כַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת.” Formally, the lament to the King becomes a hymn declaring that King’s universal exaltation.

4) “House” and worship
- Ps 5:8 “בְרֹב חַסְדְּךָ אָבֹא בֵיתֶךָ; אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל־הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ” (temple entry and prostration).
- Ps 113:9 “מוֹשִׁיבִי עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת” (establishing a home). The same בית lexeme ties temple worship to domestic blessing: favor sought at God’s house (Ps 5) overflows into the faithful’s house (Ps 113).

5) Name–blessing–praise chain (strong lexical hook; identical lemmas)
- שֵׁם (“name”):
  - Ps 5:12 “אֹהֲבֵי שְׁמֶךָ.”
  - Ps 113:1–3 thrice: “אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה … יְהִי שֵׁם יְהוָה מְבֹרָךְ … מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם יְהוָה.”
  The “lovers of your name” (Ps 5) become those who publicly praise and bless that Name (Ps 113).
- ב־ר־ך (bless) same root, different but directly related forms:
  - Ps 5:13 Piel imperfect 2ms: “תְּבָרֵךְ צַדִּיק.”
  - Ps 113:2 Pual participle: “מְבֹרָךְ” (be blessed). The blessing expected in Ps 5 is enacted and ascribed to the divine Name in Ps 113.
- עוֹלָם (forever):
  - Ps 5:12 “לְעוֹלָם יְרַנֵּנוּ.”
  - Ps 113:2 “וְעַד־עוֹלָם.” Identical lemma, same semantic frame of unending praise.

6) Reversal and vindication: fulfillment of Ps 5’s hope
- Ps 5 prays for the downfall of deceitful, violent men and for the righteous to be ringed about with divine favor “כַּצִּנָּה רָצוֹן תַּעְטְרֶנּוּ” (5:13).
- Ps 113 describes concrete reversals that look like that favor in action: “מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל; מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן; לְהוֹשִׁיבִי עִם־נְדִיבִים … מוֹשִׁיבִי עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת אֵם־הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה.”
- Conceptually, “crowned with favor” (Ps 5) = “seated with nobles” and “made a joyful mother” (Ps 113). The individual petition for righteous blessing (Ps 5) becomes social, visible elevation of the lowly (Ps 113).

7) Vision/gaze motif
- Ps 5:5–6 “לֹא יְגֻרְךָ רָע … לְנֶגֶד עֵינֶיךָ” (the wicked cannot stand before God’s eyes).
- Ps 113:6 “הַמַּשְׁפִּילִי לִרְאוֹת בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ” (God stoops to see). Ps 113 explains why none can stand before his eyes: his seeing reaches everywhere, yet he uses that gaze to lift the downtrodden—precisely the moral polarity Psalm 5 asks for.

8) From inner speech to public song
- Ps 5:2 “בִּינָה הֲגִיגִי” and 5:3 “לְקוֹל שַׁוְעִי” (inner murmur and cry).
- Ps 113:1 “הַלְלוּ־יָהּ … הַלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה” (imperatives to public praise). The private voice of lament yields to a communal chorus.

9) Shared story-world and intertextual echoes
- Ps 113:7–9 closely echoes Hannah’s song (1 Sam 2:8), a classic “lament → deliverance → thanksgiving” arc. Psalm 5 is a prototypical lament; Psalm 113 reads like the thanksgiving hymn after deliverance, especially in its elevation of the poor and the joyful mother motif.
- Temple orientation: Ps 5’s “I will enter your house … bow toward your holy temple” fits with Levites/“servants of YHWH” (Ps 113:1) leading the subsequent Hallelujah.

Weighting by rarity/significance
- Most decisive identical lexemes/roots shared: שֵׁם; ברך; עוֹלָם; בית; plus the divine titles יְהוָה / אֱלֹהִי ~ אֱלֹהֵינוּ. Among these, the cluster Name–Bless–Forever is especially strong because Psalm 5 ends on “lovers of your Name” with promised blessing and perpetual rejoicing, and Psalm 113 opens by commanding praise of that Name, declaring it “blessed,” and extending it “forever.”
- While some terms are common, their concentrated, programmatic placement at the close of Psalm 5 (vv. 12–13) and the opening of Psalm 113 (vv. 1–3) strengthens the sense of deliberate linkage.
- Conceptual but vivid “reversal” language (rare in its compactness in Ps 113:7–9) functions as the narrated fulfillment of Psalm 5’s anticipated favor.

Bottom line
Read in sequence, Psalm 113 is exactly the kind of communal, all‑day Hallelujah that answers Psalm 5’s dawn petition: the lovers of God’s Name (Ps 5) immediately become the servants who bless and praise that Name forever (Ps 113), and the favor promised to the righteous (Ps 5) is pictured as God’s concrete elevation of the lowly and the building of joyful households (Ps 113).

Evaluation

Score: 6.0

Evaluated at: 2025-11-16T04:10:44 (UTC)

Evaluator model: gpt-5

Evaluator version: v2

Reasoning: 2816 Output: 5012 Total: 7828

Vocabulary specificity: 3.5 / 10

Several accurate, text-anchored links (5:4~113:3; 5:12–13~113:1–3; 5:3~113:4–5; eyes motif), but vocabulary is common, no structural/editorial markers, no adjacency, and ignores 113’s Hallel clustering. Stronger alternative sequencing undermines deliberate linkage.

Prompt

Consider Psalm 5 and Psalm 113 (reproduced below). What arguments could you make to justify that Psalm 113 logically follows on from Psalm 5? 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 5:
Psalm 5
1. לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ
        אֶֽל־
        הַנְּחִיל֗וֹת
        מִזְמ֥וֹר
        לְדָוִֽד׃
2. אֲמָרַ֖י
        הַאֲזִ֥ינָה ׀
        יְהוָ֗ה
        בִּ֣ינָה
        הֲגִֽיגִי׃
3. הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀
        לְק֬וֹל
        שַׁוְעִ֗י
        מַלְכִּ֥י
        וֵאלֹהָ֑י
        כִּֽי־
        אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ
        אֶתְפַּלָּֽל׃
4. יְֽהוָ֗ה
        בֹּ֭קֶר
        תִּשְׁמַ֣ע
        קוֹלִ֑י
        בֹּ֥קֶר
        אֶֽעֱרָךְ־
        לְ֝ךָ֗
        וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃
5. כִּ֤י ׀
        לֹ֤א
        אֵֽל־
        חָפֵ֘ץ
        רֶ֥שַׁע ׀
        אָ֑תָּה
        לֹ֖א
        יְגֻרְךָ֣
        רָֽע׃
6. לֹֽא־
        יִתְיַצְּב֣וּ
        הֽ֭וֹלְלִים
        לְנֶ֣גֶד
        עֵינֶ֑יךָ
        שָׂ֝נֵ֗אתָ
        כָּל־
        פֹּ֥עֲלֵי
        אָֽוֶן׃
7. תְּאַבֵּד֮
        דֹּבְרֵ֢י
        כָ֫זָ֥ב
        אִישׁ־
        דָּמִ֥ים
        וּמִרְמָ֗ה
        יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב ׀
        יְהוָֽה׃
8. וַאֲנִ֗י
        בְּרֹ֣ב
        חַ֭סְדְּךָ
        אָב֣וֹא
        בֵיתֶ֑ךָ
        אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה
        אֶל־
        הֵֽיכַל־
        קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗
        בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ׃
9. יְהוָ֤ה ׀
        נְחֵ֬נִי
        בְצִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ
        לְמַ֥עַן
        שׁוֹרְרָ֑י
        הושר
        הַיְשַׁ֖ר
        לְפָנַ֣י
        דַּרְכֶּֽךָ׃
10. כִּ֤י
        אֵ֪ין
        בְּפִ֡יהוּ
        נְכוֹנָה֮
        קִרְבָּ֢ם
        הַ֫וּ֥וֹת
        קֶֽבֶר־
        פָּת֥וּחַ
        גְּרוֹנָ֑ם
        לְ֝שׁוֹנָ֗ם
        יַחֲלִֽיקוּן׃
11. הַֽאֲשִׁימֵ֨ם ׀
        אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים
        יִפְּלוּ֮
        מִֽמֹּעֲצ֢וֹתֵ֫יהֶ֥ם
        בְּרֹ֣ב
        פִּ֭שְׁעֵיהֶם
        הַדִּיחֵ֑מוֹ
        כִּי־
        מָ֥רוּ
        בָֽךְ׃
12. וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ
        כָל־
        ח֪וֹסֵי
        בָ֡ךְ
        לְעוֹלָ֣ם
        יְ֭רַנֵּנוּ
        וְתָסֵ֣ךְ
        עָלֵ֑ימוֹ
        וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּ
        בְ֝ךָ֗
        אֹהֲבֵ֥י
        שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
13. כִּֽי־
        אַתָּה֮
        תְּבָרֵ֢ךְ
        צַ֫דִּ֥יק
        יְהוָ֑ה
        כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗ה
        רָצ֥וֹן
        תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃

Psalm 113:
Psalm 113
1. הַ֥לְלוּ
        יָ֨הּ ׀
        הַ֭לְלוּ
        עַבְדֵ֣י
        יְהוָ֑ה
        הַֽ֝לְלוּ
        אֶת־
        שֵׁ֥ם
        יְהוָֽה׃
2. יְהִ֤י
        שֵׁ֣ם
        יְהוָ֣ה
        מְבֹרָ֑ךְ
        מֵֽ֝עַתָּ֗ה
        וְעַד־
        עוֹלָֽם׃
3. מִמִּזְרַח־
        שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ
        עַד־
        מְבוֹא֑וֹ
        מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל
        שֵׁ֣ם
        יְהוָֽה׃
4. רָ֖ם
        עַל־
        כָּל־
        גּוֹיִ֥ם ׀
        יְהוָ֑ה
        עַ֖ל
        הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם
        כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃
5. מִ֭י
        כַּיהוָ֣ה
        אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
        הַֽמַּגְבִּיהִ֥י
        לָשָֽׁבֶת׃
6. הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י
        לִרְא֑וֹת
        בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם
        וּבָאָֽרֶץ׃
7. מְקִֽימִ֣י
        מֵעָפָ֣ר
        דָּ֑ל
        מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת
        יָרִ֥ים
        אֶבְיֽוֹן׃
8. לְהוֹשִׁיבִ֥י
        עִם־
        נְדִיבִ֑ים
        עִ֝֗ם
        נְדִיבֵ֥י
        עַמּֽוֹ׃
9. מֽוֹשִׁיבִ֨י ׀
        עֲקֶ֬רֶת
        הַבַּ֗יִת
        אֵֽם־
        הַבָּנִ֥ים
        שְׂמֵחָ֗ה
        הַֽלְלוּ־
        יָֽהּ׃