In this study Paul J. Sander examines the phenomenon of alternate psalm delimitation in the
Hebrew and Greek psalters (Psalms 9 10 114 115 116 and 147 in the Hebrew and Psalms 9 113
114 115 146 and 147 in the Greek). The main goal of his analysis is to determine the
literary theological and canonical significance of these alternate psalm delimitations. The
author shows that combined delimitation of the received Hebrew text of Psalms 9-10 and 114-115
creates interpretative possibilities that are not present without the combined interplay of the
respective psalms. Similarly the separate delimitation of the received Hebrew text of Psalms
116 and 147 creates other interpretative possibilities based upon linkages with adjacent psalms
and an increased focus on the specific themes in the separately delimited psalms. The Greek
lexical differences have literary and theological effects that correlate to varying degrees
with the alternate Greek delimitations and open up new interpretative possibilities for the
respective texts.
