Psalm 23
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The 23rd PSALM
The 23rd Psalm is easily the most famous of the psalms and surely one of the most beautiful. In biblical mathematics such notoriety typically delivers mathematical pay-dirt. The 23rd Psalm is no exception, starting with the number 23.
23 = את
1st & 22nd Hebrew letter = 23
Alef & Tav
Alpha & Omega
Were we to translate the Alpha and Omega from Greek it would be Alef/Tav, the grammatical marker of the direct object in Hebrew and the very center-word of Genesis 1:1, the most important mathematical verse in the Bible.
David's humble pastoral wisdom has spoken to generation after generation. The beauty of his poetry has transcended both place and age, language and time. It is a hymn of the piety of faith of one who was himself a meek and humble shepherd, a watcher of his family's flock.
This is reflected in the sum of Psalm 23, which in Hebrew is 13,440. There is only one verse that has the same standard sum:
1Corinthians 12:23
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable,
upon these we bestow more abundant honor;and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
How does that fit with the message of Psalm 23?
Very well I should think.
Both are calls into the humble service of the Lord.
THE TRUTH OF THE 23RD PSALM
The best evidence and argument for biblical mathematics is how we see rarefied mathematical structure at important intervals. The first verse of the Bible is not only singularly important but similarly famous. In the names of God, we find a host of the most powerful evidence in the highest of theological authorities.
It is with this in mind that we look to the details of Psalm 23.
In biblical mathematics, a triangle is the sign and symbol of the Trinity, and mathematically the sum of all that has come before. The 23rd Psalm is triangular in a surprising number of ways.
In the Hebrew, Psalm 23 has 210 letters making it the 20th triangle, a very good start. When we sum up the Hebrew we find it integrates perfectly with that number of letters.
13,440/ 210 = 64
This square/cube of 64 (8^2 or 4^3) coordinates with the number 13,440 in several ways.
210 x 64 = 13,440 = A triangle of squares
21 x 10 x 64 = 13,440 = A triangle of triangles of squares
T-15 x 112 = 13,440
(120 x Lord God)
T-14 x 2^7 = 13,440
(105 x 128)
The number 128 is also related to the Three-Seven Code, via 3-almost primes, numbers that have 3 prime factors.
The number 128 is the difference between the 73rd and 37th triple prime number, 292 -164 = 128.
This last equation is particularly relevant, being that David is the author of this Psalm. The name David in Hebrew is 14 (105 = T-14) and 2^7 is analog to the prime factors of 14 itself (2 x 7). In fact, the number of letters in the psalm, create a doubly Davidic triangle.
These 210 letters fit very nicely into the 3/7 code, for it is the difference between the 73rd and 37th prime numbers.
73rd prime = 367
37th prime = 157
367 - 157 = 210
A quick check on the probabilities that this might happen by random chance is sobering to a skeptic. What is the percentage chance that the number of letters in the Psalm would be a multiple of 14?
Easy: 1 chance in 14 or 7.14%
What is the chance that the sum of Psalm 23 is also multiple of 14?
Same answer, 7.14%.
And what is the chance that Psalm 23 would be a multiple of 105, the 14th triangle?
1/105 = 0.952%
To find the chances of all three occurring together by chance we would multiple these odds together.
7.14% x 7.14% x 0.952% = 0.00485%
About 1 in 20,000's of a chance. Consider this by comparison: Scientific studies are routinely funded based on a 1 in 20 against random odd chance. Even if this calculation is off by 90% the odds are still 1 in 2,000.
There are other triangulations of this psalm. Perhaps the most famous version is found in the King James.
In the original Hebrew the number of words create another triangle.
As do the first words of each verse of the psalm:
But of all the triangles of the 23rd Psalm, none are more astonishing than the triangle that is formed by coupling it with its translation from the Greek Septuagint.
Adding the Greek to the Hebrew we find a triangle made famous from the first verse.
Perhaps the most astounding feat of biblical mathematics is how the first verse is a self reflective triangle of the Trinity, against great odds. Here the final two words of the first verse "And the Earth" create a secondary triangle (T-37) which fits perfectly within the 73rd triangle.
And we see this triangle again in the most famous psalm of all.
A PSALM OF DAVID
Like many of David's seventy-three psalms, Psalm 23 begins with the simple 'A psalm of David', a hidden signature in and of itself, being it is the 8th Star of David.
The superscriptions are the titles to the psalms, though not every psalm has one. They are however a part of and are printed in every Bible, yet they are not the psalm proper. So when one is trying to enumerate a psalm, what is the right procedure?
The only way to be fair, is to include and enumerate both individually.
So what happens when we include both titles to this, David's-most-famous-psalm?
This cross is a standard cross configuration composed of 6 perfect squares.
Our 703 letter-sum becomes 726, a Greek transliteration of 'The Messiah'. The Messiah-726 is a standard cross configuration made of six individual squares of eleven, knit together in a topological net that is the worldwide recognized symbol of the Christian cross. (11 x 11 = 121)
The Greek Messiah-726 is exactly twice that of the Hebrew Messiah-363.
Should we reduce these individual 726 numbers to their digital roots we have a wonderful surprise waiting for us, in the triangle of Jesus (T-74).
The digital sum of 2775 is equivalent to the 74th triangle, the triangle that follows T-73 of the first verse. The most important word or name associated with the number 74 is that of the English ordinal for Jesus, hence, 2775 is the JESUS-Triangle. Even more and a special thanks to Dimitry for finding this is:
Jesus (ordinal) = 74
Jesus Christ (standard) = 925
925 x 3 = 2775 = T-74 the Jesus Triangle
Even more and a special thanks to Dimitry for finding this is:
First verse of Psalm 23:1 (KJV)
"The LORD is my shepherd I shall not want" in the English Gematria system equals 2775
2775 is 74th triangle
74 = Jesus
This triangle (T-74) features prominently in the Alphabetical Expansions of the first verse:
Read: Genesis 1:1 = Jesus²
We have included both the titles in Hebrew and Greek to produce a perfect cruciform 726, notable for its Greek transliteration of 'The Messiah' and double that of the Hebrew 363 for 'The Messiah.' Cruciform configurations like this, are a new feature to biblical mathematics; the full force of the evidence can be studied in depth here:
THE STAR OF DAVID
We have seen how Psalm 23 can produce both the cross and the triangle. But there is another shape that the Psalmist David is much better known for, which is of course the Star of David, the iconic symbol of the people of God and a powerful metaphor of the union of opposites in and of itself.
Here, by excluding the titles (a perfectly viable alternative) we find the number of words in both Greek and Hebrew versions conforms to the Star Fractal and one of the most famous epithets of Jerusalem and the Holy Lands, in the holy name Zion.
By looking carefully at the text we find more and more that this simple praise in verse, by the hand of David, is a majestic mathematical symphony corresponding to mathematical Stars of David, a most fitting and divine outcome for David's most famous psalm.
What is significant is that the number of letters in the Greek (including title) creates a trinity of stars of stars (13 x 13 = 169). This trinity is not trivial, but rather fundamental to the mathematics that produce star configurations, infinitely so.
It is noteworthy that the first 169 digits of pi produce a powerful proof of Jesus, in that it is equal to 754 (Jesus the Messiah, Hebrew) and perfectly corresponds to this configuration of a star of stars.
The ordinal sum of the Greek Psalm 23 comes to 5907. Split this sum three ways and this trinity of stars suggests a triune modern rendition of the Hebrew Messiah:
5907/3 = 1969
Jesus Son of Joseph יוסף יהושע בן = 1969
This trinity of stars may at first seem less than ideal to the skeptic. But is not the number three ideal for a representation of the Trinity? We see this triplicate of stars in the number of books in the Tanakh (the Old Testament).
Books of the Old Testament = 39
13 x 3 = 39
Should we dig deeper....
Could this clue be the key to the true order of the Psalms?
We find that the whole sum of the Greek produces a beautiful fractal based on the number 23 and its square.
Here it should be noted: The Greek translation comes from a Greek Orthodox authority:
Why is this significant?
Because in the Greek Bible this is not the 23rd Psalm!
The Septuagint, for reasons perhaps lost to history has a different order to the listing of the Psalms, starting at Psalm 9. This then renders the Hebrew/Western Psalm 23 as a Greek Psalm 22.
The psalms for the most part read the same in either Hebrew/Greek or English for that matter, irregardless of any variation in their order. However, evidence such as this major multiple of 23, suggest to this author that there may be an authoritative ordering.
Other star configurations are found a plenty within this text.
The Hebrew with title makes a trinity of type-73 stars. We can recombine them with the Greek and make a more regular series of 121-type stars that form a triangle.
THE LORD'S ANOINTED
In the 5th verse of the Psalm we hear David speak of an anointing, the making of a King. The word used here is Dashen, meaning to anoint, but in the context of the sentence it is grammatically rendered Dashenat and gives us the number 754.
Thou Anointest (דשנת) = 754
This in and of itself is prophetic of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, whose name and number in Hebrew IS 754. The title Messiah, literally means: The Anointed One. So this 'Anointing' prophetically predicts the coming of Jesus the Messiah-754.
Here again, it is in the opposite camp (Greek is the opposite language of Hebrew in the biblical context) where we find the mathematical prophetic proof of Psalm 23.
Psalm 23 Greek Ordinal = 5737
5737 = 754th Prime
This sort of back and forth between Hebrew and Greek is a pattern routinely seen by this author and one of the reasons such hidden marvels have been hidden for so long: As Hebrews didn't calculate the Greek and Greeks didn't read the Hebrew, the answers it seems were always just on the other side of the language divide.
This 754 sum can also be seen as a Star Fractal and a bridge to the 3/7 Fractal, all based on the ordinal biblically correct spelling of the name Jesus (Joshua).
Both Hebrew and Greek varieties of the 'Holy Name' reflect a star pattern.
The 23rd Psalm stacks up well as primary evidence for the divine inspiration of scriptures, that appear hidden in the most famous places of the Bible.
THE TRANSCENDENTAL TRUTH
Rob Slattery of Biblegematria.com was so kind as to focus his powerful analytical mind on the facts pertaining to the 23rd Psalm. What he found, and what he always finds, is amazing connection after connection.
As follows:
The Hebrew letters in Psalm 23 (sans title) total 210, the 20th Triangle. The 20th digit of pi, phi and e respectively are 6, 0 and 6.
"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want." has a gematria value of 606.
The 606th digits of pi, phi and e respectively are 8, 8 and 8. ιησους ("Jesus") has a gematria value of 888 (Strong's G2424). The first occurrence of 2424 in pi is followed by 541 (Israel).
Psalm 23 are verses 14,237 to 14,242 in the KJV. The 14,237th to 14,242nd digits of pi + phi + e sum to 88, which is the number of times the word "psalm" appears in the KJV.
"The LORD is my shepherd" has a gematria value of 306, which is the sum of the first 21 digits of pi + phi + e. The Hebrew word ra'ah ("shepherd" appears 21 times in the Tanakh.
The first 21 primes and 21 composite numbers sum to 1112, and the first occurrence of 541 (Israel) appears at position 1112 in pi.
The phrase "into the land of Israel" appears 8 times in the KJV. It is spelt two different ways in the Tanakh.
1) b'Eretz Yisrael, which has a gematria value of 834, the 688th composite number. This is the gematria value of ιησου ("Jesus").
2) al-adamah-Yisrael which has a gematria value of 1017. The first occurrence of 1017 in pi is followed by the 8th occurrence of 296, which is the gematria value of h'Eretz ("the land").
In Greek, "into the land of Israel" has a gematria value of 625, and the first 625 digits of pi sum to the 2368th composite number. The alternative spellings of "Jesus Christ" (ιησους Χριστος and ιησου Χριστοu) each have a gematria value of 2368.
23 REFERENCES
Psalm 23 Hebrew
מזמור לדוד
יהוה רעי לא אחסר
בנאות דשא ירביצני על מי מנחות ינהלני
נפשי ישובב ינחני במעגלי צדק למען שמו
גם כי אלך בגיא צלמות לא אירא רע כי אתה עמדי שבטך ומשענתך המה ינחמני
תערך לפני שלחן נגד צררי דשנת בשמן ראשי כוסי רויה
אך טוב וחסד ירדפוני כל ימי חיי ושבתי בבית יהוה לארך ימים
THE KJV
We have seen that in Hebrew the Psalm is triangular. The modern codes that are being discovered in English and other languages appear to employ regular punctuation marks in their encoding.
The 23rd Psalm in the King James Version has 118 words, which is a clear reference to the Greek name of Christ whose ordinal value is 118.
Christ (Χριστος) = 118
The character count comes to 595 including spaces.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
(Copy and paste the characters above or below into word document and perform a character count)
A Psalm of David.
118 Words, 595 Characters
(Christ = 118, 595 = The Sanctification)
English Ordinal = 5,484
The only verse in the Bible with this Hebrew sum is:
Genesis 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Other examples of this type of encoding can be seen in:
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