Doctrine Analysis
Doctrine Analysis: Psalms
English → Bengali Language Package Extension
Curriculum: Psalms
Core passage: Psalm 23:1-6
Generated: 2026-07-03
Consistency statement: This document is fully consistent with doctrine_risk_registry.json (Psalms extension). Doctrine names, risk tiers, key terms, and review routing below are drawn directly from that registry and must not be altered independently of it. This file adds the full-book chapter-by-chapter coverage sweep the PRD requires and maps the registry’s 24 granular doctrines to the 8 curriculum doctrine headings supplied in the curriculum parameters.
Part A — Curriculum Doctrine → Registry Doctrine Mapping
The curriculum specifies 8 doctrine headings. The doctrine_risk_registry.json defines these at a more granular, translation-actionable level (24 entries). The mapping below shows how every registry doctrine nests under a curriculum heading, confirming full coverage with no orphaned doctrines.
| Curriculum Doctrine Heading | Registry Doctrines Nested Underneath |
|---|---|
| 1. The Character of God as Shepherd, King, and Refuge | divine_covenant_name, character_of_god_as_shepherd, character_of_god_as_king, character_of_god_as_refuge |
| 2. Lament and Honest Prayer | lament_and_honest_prayer, prayer_and_intercession, hope_beyond_death |
| 3. Praise and Worship | praise_and_worship, idolatry_polemic, corporate_worship_assembly, fear_of_the_lord |
| 4. Messianic Prophecy in the Psalms | messianic_prophecy, sonship_of_the_messianic_king, resurrection_hope, priesthood_and_melchizedek_typology |
| 5. Confession and Forgiveness (Psalm 51) | confession_and_forgiveness, universal_human_sinfulness |
| 6. The Righteous and the Wicked (Psalm 1) | righteous_and_wicked, torah_delight |
| 7. Covenant Faithfulness (Hesed) | covenant_faithfulness_hesed, redemption_kinsman_redeemer, providence_and_sovereign_care |
| 8. Kingship and the Messianic King (Psalms 2 and 110) | kingship_and_messianic_king, sonship_of_the_messianic_king (shared with #4), priesthood_and_melchizedek_typology (shared with #4), kingdom_mission_to_nations |
Part B — Full Doctrine Matrix (24 Registry Doctrines)
| # | Doctrine | Risk | Key Terms | Supporting Passages (Psalms) | Translation Risk Summary | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Divine Covenant Name (YHWH) | Critical | yhwh_lord, lord, god | 23:1; 100:3; 110:1; 136:1-26 | সদাপ্রভু must never merge with generic প্রভু; Ps 110:1’s two-referent construction depends entirely on the distinction. | Human theologian |
| 2 | Character of God as Shepherd | Critical | shepherd, soul, hesed | 23:1-4; 28:9; 78:52,71; 80:1; 95:7; 100:3 | মেষপালক only — never রাখাল (Krishna-cowherd association in Bengali Vaishnavism). Core-passage doctrine. | Human theologian |
| 3 | Character of God as King | High | king_of_israel, kingdom_of_god | 24:7-10; 47:2,6-7; 93-99 (refrain); 145:1,11-13 | রাজা is unavoidable ordinary vocabulary shared with Hindu mythic god-kings; must be framed as singular absolute sovereignty, not one raja-avatar among many. | Human theologian |
| 4 | Character of God as Refuge | Critical | refuge, fortress, rock, elyon_most_high, almighty_shaddai | 2:12; 18:2; 46:1,7,11; 91:1-4,9; 144:2 | দুর্গ near-homophone of দুর্গা (Durga); requires দৃঢ় আশ্রয়স্থল and mandatory review of every দুর্গ occurrence. | Human theologian |
| 5 | Lament and Honest Prayer | High | soul, sheol, intercession | 3-7; 13; 22; 42-43; 88; 130; 137 | Unfiltered honesty before a personal covenant God must be distinguished from fatalistic resignation (ভাগ্য/নিয়তি) and from tawakkul-style submission-without-complaint. | Human theologian |
| 6 | Praise and Worship | High | worship, praise_verb, embodied_praise, hallelujah, idols | 95; 100; 111-118; 146-150 | আরাধনা/স্তব are also standard Hindu puja/stotra vocabulary; embodied praise (dance, cymbals) visibly resembles bhakti kirtan. Object/content, not form, must be kept doctrinally distinct. | Human theologian |
| 7 | Messianic Prophecy in the Psalms | Critical | anointed_one, two_lords_ps110, hosanna_save_now, son_of_god, resurrection | 2; 16; 22; 40:6-8; 45; 69; 110; 118:22,25 | OT অভিষিক্ত জন must never collapse into খ্রীষ্ট or মশীহ; Ps 22 and Ps 110 are the sharpest, most load-bearing texts in the curriculum. | Human theologian |
| 8 | Confession and Forgiveness (Psalm 51) | Critical | sin, transgression, iniquity, forgive, clean_heart, wash_cleanse, holy_spirit | 32; 51; 103:3,10-12; 130:3-4 | Three distinct Hebrew sin-words require three distinct Bengali terms; ritual-cleansing metaphor must not be confused with Hindu shuddhi. | Human theologian |
| 9 | The Righteous and the Wicked (Psalm 1) | High | righteousness, righteous_adj, wicked, law, meditate, blessed_declarative | 1; 37; 73; 112; 119 | ধার্মিক must never shift toward ধর্ম-root; মনে মনে আবৃত্তি করে must never become ধ্যান করে (yogic/Buddhist absorption). | Human theologian |
| 10 | Covenant Faithfulness (Hesed) | Critical | hesed, faithfulness_emet, covenant, redeemer | 23:6; 25:6-10; 89; 100:5; 103; 107:1; 136:1-26 | Plain দয়া alone loses covenant-bound dimension; অবিচল দয়া required with absolute verbatim consistency across Ps 136’s 26-fold refrain. | Human theologian |
| 11 | Kingship and the Messianic King (Psalms 2 and 110) | Critical | king_of_israel, anointed_one, anointing_royal, two_lords_ps110, priest_melchizedek, son_of_god | 2; 45:6; 72; 89; 110; 132 | Ps 110:1’s two-referent construction is the single most load-bearing rendering decision in the curriculum; collapsing or reversing referents destroys Christ’s own argument in Matthew 22:41-45. | Human theologian |
| 12 | Sonship of the Messianic King | Critical | son_of_god | 2:7; 45:6; 89:26-27 | OT coronation-adoption idiom vs. NT eternal co-equal Sonship; Muslim-background readers often hear this as a literal biological claim requiring a translator note. | Human theologian |
| 13 | Resurrection Hope / Bodily Preservation from Death | Critical | resurrection, sheol | 16:10; 49:15 | Ps 16:10 is Peter’s Pentecost prooftext (Acts 2:27; 13:35); পুনরুত্থান never পুনর্জন্ম; also distinguished from Islamic denial of the crucifixion. | Human theologian |
| 14 | Universal Human Sinfulness / Need for Grace | High | sin, transgression, iniquity, wicked, fool | 14:1-3; 51; 130:3; 143:2 | Full universal-guilt force must not be softened for caste or communal-identity comfort. | Human theologian |
| 15 | Idolatry Polemic | High | idols, god | 96:5; 97:7; 106:36-38; 115:4-8; 135:15-18 | প্রতিমা is the everyday word for a Hindu deity-image; the polemic’s sharpness is intentional and must be framed respectfully but not blunted. | Human theologian |
| 16 | Providence and Sovereign Care | High | providence | 90:1-2; 104; 139:13-16 | Intimate personal formation (“knit together in the womb”) must never read as impersonal biological chance or karmic determination. | Human theologian |
| 17 | Fear of the LORD / Reverent Awe | Medium | fear_of_the_lord | 34:11; 111:10; 128:1; 147:11 | Must be worshipful awe, not servile terror or courtly submission before an earthly রাজা. | Native speaker review |
| 18 | Kingdom Mission to the Nations | Medium | mission, nations_generic, gentiles, kingdom_of_god | 22:27-28; 47:2,8-9; 67; 72:8-17; 96-98; 117 | Universal messianic-kingdom expansion language carries social sensitivity in both Bangladesh and West Bengal; tone requires native-speaker judgment. | Native speaker review |
| 19 | Delight in God’s Instruction (Torah) | High | law, meditate, blameless | 1:2; 19:7-11; 119 | ব্যবস্থা here carries a joyful “instruction” sense, broader than Romans’ law/grace-contrast sense; must not be flattened into that polemic. | Human theologian |
| 20 | Prayer and Intercession | Medium | intercession, commit_my_spirit | 5:1-3; 17:1; 61:1-2; 86:1-7; 141:1-2 | Direct access to God must be distinguished from puja ritual and from pir/saint-shrine intercession common in Bengali folk religion. | Native speaker review |
| 21 | Redemption / Kinsman-Redeemer | High | redeemer, salvation | 19:14; 49:7-9,15; 69:18; 103:4; 107:2; 130:8; 136:24 | Kinsman-redeemer legal-family sense must never use মুক্তি-family vocabulary (Hindu liberation-from-rebirth association). | Human theologian |
| 22 | Corporate Worship Assembly (Church as God’s People) | Medium | church, fellowship | 22:22,25; 35:18; 68:26; 89:5; 107:32; 111:1; 149:1 | qahal rendered মণ্ডলী, never মন্দির; new covenant community, not caste-segregated or ritual institution. | Native speaker review |
| 23 | Priesthood and Melchizedek Typology | Critical | priest_melchizedek, anointing_royal | 110:4 | যাজক never পুরোহিত (Hindu Brahmin ritual priest); foundational to Hebrews 5-7 Christology. | Human theologian |
| 24 | Hope Beyond Death / Sheol | High | sheol, soul | 6:5; 16:10; 30:3; 49:14-15; 88:3; 116:3; 139:8; 141:7 | পাতাল is also the Hindu Puranic underworld-tier name (Nāga realm); translator note required to strip cosmological/reincarnation associations. | Human theologian |
Risk totals (must match registry): Critical 9 · High 11 · Medium 4 · Low 0 · Total 24.
Part C — Full-Book Chapter Coverage Sweep (Psalms 1–150)
Per PRD mandate, every psalm is accounted for below. Psalms not carrying new doctrinal or terminological weight are explicitly marked “reviewed — no new load” rather than silently omitted; they still reinforce an already-tabled doctrine and inherit its risk tier and review routing.
Book I (Psalms 1–41)
| Psalm(s) | Doctrine(s) Engaged | Risk | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Righteous and the Wicked; Torah Delight | High | Anchor text for doctrine #9/#19 |
| 2 | Kingship and the Messianic King; Sonship of the Messianic King; Messianic Prophecy | Critical | Anchor text for doctrine #11/#12 |
| 3–7 | Lament and Honest Prayer; Character of God as Refuge | Critical/High | Load-bearing lament cluster |
| 8 | Character of God as King (creation-kingship); baseline মহিমা (glory) reinforced | Medium | Reviewed — no new term, reinforces #3 |
| 9–10 | Character of God as Refuge; Universal Human Sinfulness; nations under judgment | High | Reviewed — reinforces #4/#14 |
| 11 | Character of God as Refuge | Critical | Reviewed — reinforces #4 |
| 12 | Universal Human Sinfulness; Righteous and the Wicked | High | Reviewed — reinforces #9/#14 |
| 13 | Lament and Honest Prayer | High | Reviewed — reinforces #5 |
| 14 | Universal Human Sinfulness (“no one does good”) | High | Reviewed — reinforces #14; parallel to Ps 53 |
| 15 | Righteous and the Wicked | High | Reviewed — reinforces #9 |
| 16 | Messianic Prophecy; Resurrection Hope (16:10); Character of God as Refuge | Critical | Load-bearing — Acts 2:27 prooftext |
| 17 | Prayer and Intercession; Righteous and the Wicked | Medium/High | Reviewed |
| 18 | Character of God as Refuge (rock, fortress); Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Kingship | Critical | Royal thanksgiving psalm |
| 19 | Torah Delight; providence/creation (baseline glory reinforced) | High | Reviewed — reinforces #19 |
| 20–21 | Character of God as King; Character of God as Refuge | High/Critical | Reviewed |
| 22 | Messianic Prophecy (forsaken cry, pierced hands/feet, divided garments); Corporate Worship Assembly (22:22,25) | Critical | Major messianic anchor text |
| 23 | CORE PASSAGE — Character of God as Shepherd; Character of God as Refuge; Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Divine Covenant Name | Critical | Theological anchor of the entire curriculum |
| 24 | Character of God as King; Kingdom Mission | High | Reviewed |
| 25 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Faithfulness (emet); confession themes (implicit) | Critical/High | Reviewed — reinforces #10 |
| 26–27 | Character of God as Refuge; Prayer and Intercession | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 28 | Character of God as Shepherd (28:9); Character of God as Refuge | Critical | Reviewed — reinforces #2/#4 |
| 29 | Theophany; power of God (সামর্থ্য reinforced, never শক্তি) | High (term-level) | Reviewed — no new doctrine |
| 30 | Praise and Worship; Hope Beyond Death (implicit, 30:3) | High | Reviewed |
| 31 | Character of God as Refuge; Covenant Faithfulness Hesed | Critical | Reviewed |
| 32 | Confession and Forgiveness; Universal Human Sinfulness | Critical | Load-bearing — companion to Ps 51 |
| 33 | Praise and Worship; Providence; Faithfulness (emet) | High | Reviewed |
| 34 | Fear of the LORD; Character of God as Refuge | Medium/Critical | Reviewed |
| 35 | Lament and Honest Prayer; Corporate Worship Assembly (35:18) | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 36 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Righteous and the Wicked | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 37 | Righteous and the Wicked (major wisdom psalm) | High | Reviewed — reinforces #9 |
| 38 | Confession and Forgiveness; Lament | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 39 | Lament and Honest Prayer; Universal Human Sinfulness | High | Reviewed |
| 40 | Messianic Prophecy (40:6-8, cited Heb 10:5-7); Redemption/Kinsman-Redeemer | Critical/High | Load-bearing |
| 41 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Book I doxology (blessed_benediction, baseline আমেন) | Critical/Low | Reviewed — closing doxology |
Book II (Psalms 42–72)
| Psalm(s) | Doctrine(s) Engaged | Risk | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42–43 | Lament and Honest Prayer; soul (নেফেশ); Character of God as Refuge | High | Reviewed |
| 44 | Lament and Honest Prayer; Kingdom Mission (nations) | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 45 | Kingship and the Messianic King (45:6, “your throne, O God”); Sonship (implicit); anointing | Critical | Load-bearing royal-messianic psalm |
| 46 | Character of God as Refuge (fortress) | Critical | Reviewed — key দুর্গ-caution text |
| 47 | Character of God as King; Kingdom Mission to the Nations | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 48 | Zion; Character of God as Refuge; Kingship | High | Reviewed |
| 49 | Redemption/Kinsman-Redeemer; Hope Beyond Death | High | Reviewed |
| 50 | Covenant; Torah; judgment | High | Reviewed |
| 51 | Confession and Forgiveness — anchor text; Universal Human Sinfulness | Critical | Doctrine unit’s primary text |
| 52–55 | Righteous and the Wicked; Character of God as Refuge; Lament | High | Reviewed |
| 56–57 | Character of God as Refuge; trust (নির্ভর করা) | Medium/Critical | Reviewed |
| 58 | Righteous and the Wicked; judgment | High | Reviewed |
| 59 | Character of God as Refuge (fortress) | Critical | Reviewed |
| 60 | Kingdom Mission (nations); Kingship | Medium | Reviewed |
| 61 | Prayer and Intercession; Character of God as Refuge (rock) | Medium/Critical | Reviewed |
| 62 | Character of God as Refuge; power of God (সামর্থ্য) | Critical | Reviewed |
| 63 | soul (নেফেশ); Praise and Worship; meditate | High | Reviewed |
| 64 | Character of God as Refuge | Critical | Reviewed |
| 65 | Righteousness; Praise and Worship; Providence (harvest) | High | Reviewed |
| 66 | Praise and Worship; Kingdom Mission | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 67 | Kingdom Mission to the Nations; Praise and Worship | Medium | Reviewed |
| 68 | Character of God as King; Kingdom Mission; Corporate Worship Assembly | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 69 | Messianic Prophecy (69:9, 21, cited John/Matthew); Redemption; Salvation | Critical | Load-bearing |
| 70 | Prayer and Intercession; Lament | Medium/High | Reviewed |
| 71 | Character of God as Refuge; Righteousness; Redemption | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 72 | Kingship and the Messianic King; Kingdom Mission to the Nations | Critical | Royal-messianic anchor closing Book II |
Book III (Psalms 73–89)
| Psalm(s) | Doctrine(s) Engaged | Risk | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Righteous and the Wicked (prosperity-of-the-wicked wisdom crisis); Providence | High | Reviewed — key wisdom-tension text |
| 74 | Covenant; Lament; Kingdom Mission (nations) | High | Reviewed |
| 75–76 | Character of God as King; judgment | High | Reviewed |
| 77 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; meditate; Providence | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 78 | History psalm — Covenant; Torah; Character of God as Shepherd (78:52,71); Providence; idolatry (implicit) | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 79 | Kingdom Mission (nations); Lament; Corporate Worship Assembly (79:13) | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 80 | Character of God as Shepherd (80:1); Character of God as Refuge | Critical | Reviewed |
| 81 | Covenant; Torah; Praise and Worship | High | Reviewed |
| 82 | Character of God as King (over earthly rulers); judgment | High | Reviewed |
| 83 | Kingdom Mission (nations); Lament | Medium/High | Reviewed |
| 84 | Character of God as Refuge; blessed_declarative; Corporate Worship Assembly; Grace | Critical/Medium | Reviewed |
| 85 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed paired with emet (85:10); Salvation; Kingdom of God | Critical | Reviewed — key hesed/emet pairing |
| 86 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Prayer and Intercession; Praise and Worship | Critical/Medium | Reviewed |
| 87 | Zion; Kingdom Mission (nations) | Medium | Reviewed |
| 88 | Lament and Honest Prayer — the Psalter’s darkest, unresolved lament; Hope Beyond Death (sheol) | High | Load-bearing text for doctrine #5 |
| 89 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed (Davidic-covenant lament, hesed refrain); Kingship; Sonship (89:26-27) | Critical | Load-bearing — closes Book III on covenant crisis |
Book IV (Psalms 90–106)
| Psalm(s) | Doctrine(s) Engaged | Risk | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Providence and Sovereign Care; human mortality (90:1-2) | High | Reviewed |
| 91 | Character of God as Refuge (fortress, Shaddai); almighty_shaddai term | Critical | Reviewed — establishes সর্বশক্তিমান exception |
| 92 | Righteous and the Wicked; Praise and Worship; rock | High | Reviewed |
| 93 | Character of God as King (enthronement) | High | Reviewed |
| 94 | Character of God as Refuge (rock); Righteous/Wicked; Providence | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 95 | Praise and Worship; Character of God as Refuge (rock of salvation); Character of God as Shepherd (95:7) | High/Critical | Reviewed — cited Hebrews 3-4 |
| 96 | Character of God as King; Idolatry Polemic (96:5); Kingdom Mission | High | Reviewed |
| 97 | Character of God as King; Idolatry Polemic (97:7); Righteousness | High | Reviewed |
| 98 | Character of God as King; Salvation; Kingdom Mission | High | Reviewed |
| 99 | Character of God as King; Holiness | High | Reviewed |
| 100 | Praise and Worship; Character of God as Shepherd (100:3); Covenant Faithfulness Hesed (100:5); Corporate Worship Assembly | Critical | Reviewed — synthesis psalm |
| 101 | Character of God as King (righteous rule) | High | Reviewed |
| 102 | Lament and Honest Prayer; Providence; eternality | High | Reviewed |
| 103 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed (103:4,8,11,17); Confession/Forgiveness; Providence; Fatherhood (103:13) | Critical | Load-bearing hesed cluster |
| 104 | Providence and Sovereign Care (creation); Glory | High | Reviewed |
| 105 | Covenant; Election; David/Israel history; Redemption | High | Reviewed |
| 106 | History psalm — Confession; Idolatry Polemic (106:36-38); Covenant Faithfulness Hesed refrain; Redemption (106:10) | Critical/High | Reviewed |
Book V (Psalms 107–150)
| Psalm(s) | Doctrine(s) Engaged | Risk | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed refrain; Redemption/Kinsman-Redeemer (107:2); Providence | Critical/High | Reviewed — opens Book V |
| 108 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed/emet pair; Character of God as King | Critical | Reviewed |
| 109 | Lament and Honest Prayer (imprecatory); Covenant Faithfulness Hesed plea (109:16,21,26) | High/Critical | Reviewed |
| 110 | Kingship and the Messianic King; the two-Lords construction; Priesthood and Melchizedek Typology | Critical | Second major doctrinal anchor of the curriculum alongside Ps 23 |
| 111 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Praise and Worship; Fear of the LORD (111:10); Torah (faithfulness, 111:7-8) | Critical/High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 112 | Righteous and the Wicked; blessed_declarative; Fear of the LORD | High/Medium | Reviewed |
| 113 | Praise and Worship | High | Reviewed |
| 114 | Praise and Worship (Exodus history) | High | Reviewed |
| 115 | Idolatry Polemic (115:4-8); trust; Hesed/emet | High | Reviewed |
| 116 | Prayer and Intercession; Covenant Faithfulness Hesed; Hope Beyond Death (sheol/death deliverance); Salvation | Critical/Medium | Reviewed |
| 117 | Praise and Worship; Kingdom Mission; Hesed/emet | Medium/High | Reviewed — shortest psalm |
| 118 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed refrain; hosanna_save_now (118:25); stone rejected (118:22, messianic); Praise | Critical | Load-bearing — quoted at Christ’s triumphal entry |
| 119 | Torah Delight — the great acrostic; Righteous and the Wicked; meditate | High | Doctrine unit’s primary text |
| 120–134 | Songs of Ascents cluster: Zion, pilgrimage, Character of God as Refuge (121, 124), trust (123, 131), Fear of the LORD/blessed (128), Righteous/Wicked (125, 129), Confession and Forgiveness (130:3-4) with Hesed (130:7), Davidic Covenant/Kingship/Zion (132), Corporate Worship/Fellowship (133-134), Providence (127) | Critical/High/Medium | Reviewed — 130 and 132 individually load-bearing |
| 135 | Praise and Worship; Idolatry Polemic (135:15-18); Election | High | Reviewed |
| 136 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed — 26-fold refrain | Critical | Doctrine unit’s central consistency-anchor text |
| 137 | Lament and Honest Prayer (exile); Zion | High | Reviewed |
| 138 | Covenant Faithfulness Hesed/emet; Praise; Character of God as King | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 139 | Providence and Sovereign Care (139:13-16, “knit together”); omniscience; Hope Beyond Death (139:8) | High | Reviewed — key providence anchor |
| 140–143 | Lament and Honest Prayer; Character of God as Refuge; Prayer; Universal Human Sinfulness (143:2) | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 144 | Character of God as Refuge (rock); Kingship (David); Providence | Critical/High | Reviewed |
| 145 | Character of God as King; Praise and Worship; Covenant Faithfulness Hesed (145:8); Fatherhood/compassion; Kingdom of God (145:11-13) | Critical/High | Reviewed — synthesis psalm |
| 146–150 | Hallel climax: Praise and Worship (culminating); Character of God as King; Providence and care for the oppressed (146); Embodied Praise (149-150); Kingdom Mission judgment on nations (149:7) | High/Medium | Reviewed — closing doxology of the Psalter |
Coverage confirmation: All 150 psalms are accounted for above, either as an individually load-bearing anchor text or as an explicitly reviewed reinforcement of an already-tabled doctrine. No chapter is silently omitted.
This document must be loaded alongside doctrine_risk_registry.json, translation_memory.json, and bible_term_registry.json (as extended by 08_core_glossary.md) before any Phase 2 Psalms segment translation.
Critical Risk Doctrines
The Divine Covenant Name (YHWH)
Bengali name: সদাপ্রভুর নাম
Key terms: yhwh_lord, lord, god
Review routing: Human theologian
The personal covenant name সদাপ্রভু must never be merged with generic প্রভু (Adonai/human lord address); Psalm 110:1’s two-referent construction depends entirely on this distinction, and losing it anywhere in the Psalter erases the covenant-relational force that distinguishes Israel’s God from an impersonal deity-concept or from Allah/Bhagavan as generic supreme-being titles.
The Character of God as Shepherd
Bengali name: মেষপালক রূপে ঈশ্বরের চরিত্র
Key terms: shepherd, soul, goodness_hesed
Review routing: Human theologian
The controlling image of the core passage must use মেষপালক, never রাখাল, which in Bengali Vaishnava bhakti culture is inseparably tied to Krishna as the divine cowherd boy of Vrindavan; using রাখাল would invite readers to assimilate God’s shepherding care into an existing Krishna-devotional frame rather than the covenant God’s personal tending.
The Character of God as Refuge
Bengali name: আশ্রয়স্থল রূপে ঈশ্বরের চরিত্র
Key terms: refuge, fortress, rock, shield, elyon_most_high, almighty_shaddai
Review routing: Human theologian
দুর্গ, the ordinary Bengali word for ‘fortress,’ is near-homophonous with দুর্গা (Durga), the preeminent goddess of Bengali Shakta Hinduism and namesake of West Bengal’s largest religious festival; repeated use as a divine epithet for God risks unintended aural/associative overlap in oral reading and teaching contexts, requiring the alternate দৃঢ় আশ্রয়স্থল and mandatory theologian review of every দুর্গ occurrence.
Messianic Prophecy in the Psalms
Bengali name: গীতসংহিতায় মশীহি ভাববাণী
Key terms: anointed_one, two_lords_ps110, messianic_forsaken_cry, pierced_hands_feet, divide_garments_cast_lots, stone_rejected, resurrection, hosanna_save_now, son_of_god
Review routing: Human theologian
The OT anticipatory office অভিষিক্ত জন must never be rendered খ্রীষ্ট (reserved for the NT fulfilled title) nor মশীহ (Islamic-idiom, denying Christ’s divinity/resurrection); collapsing prophecy into fulfillment prematurely, or importing an Islamic Isa-as-prophet-only Christology, would destroy the very prophecy-then-fulfillment structure this doctrine teaches. Psalm 22’s crucifixion details and Psalm 110’s two-Lords construction are the sharpest, most theologically load-bearing texts in the entire curriculum.
Confession and Forgiveness (Psalm 51)
Bengali name: স্বীকারোক্তি ও ক্ষমা
Key terms: sin, transgression, iniquity, forgive, clean_heart, wash_cleanse, holy_spirit
Review routing: Human theologian
Psalm 51’s three distinct Hebrew sin-words (chet, avon, pesha) require three distinct Bengali terms (পাপ, অপরাধ, বিদ্রোহ/লঙ্ঘন) rather than a single collapsed word; losing this triad flattens the psalm’s confession structure. The plea for cleansing (ধুয়ে দাও/শুদ্ধ কর) deliberately borrows OT ritual-purity vocabulary as moral metaphor and must not be confused with Hindu ritual purification (shuddhi), while also avoiding শুচি, which the baseline reserves against for the same reason.
Covenant Faithfulness (Hesed)
Bengali name: নিয়মের প্রতি বিশ্বস্ততা (হেসেদ)
Key terms: hesed, faithfulness_emet, covenant, redeemer
Review routing: Human theologian
Plain দয়া alone loses the covenant-bound, relationship-anchored dimension essential to hesed and risks reading as generic compassion/pity, overlapping Hindu bhakti karuna or Islamic rahmah. অবিচল দয়া is the required Critical rendering, with absolute verbatim consistency mandatory across Psalm 136’s 26-fold refrain, per the same cross-document consistency principle the baseline applies to Romans 1:16-17 and 8:28.
Kingship and the Messianic King (Psalms 2 and 110)
Bengali name: রাজত্ব ও মশীহি রাজা
Key terms: king_of_israel, anointed_one, anointing_royal, two_lords_ps110, priest_melchizedek, son_of_god
Review routing: Human theologian
Psalm 110:1’s two-referent construction (সদাপ্রভু আমার প্রভুকে বলেন) is the single most doctrinally load-bearing rendering decision in the entire Psalms curriculum; collapsing both terms into one identical word, or reversing which referent gets সদাপ্রভু, destroys the very argument Christ himself makes from this text (Matthew 22:41-45) for his own deity and superiority to David.
Sonship of the Messianic King
Bengali name: মশীহি রাজার পুত্রত্ব
Key terms: son_of_god
Review routing: Human theologian
In its bare OT setting, ‘you are my Son’ is a royal coronation/adoption formula; in its NT-informed fulfillment it testifies to Christ’s eternal, co-equal divine Sonship. Muslim-background readers frequently hear ‘Son of God’ as a literal biological claim Islam forcefully rejects, so a translator note distinguishing the OT idiom from the NT’s unique ontological Sonship is required wherever this text is taught alongside its NT fulfillment.
Resurrection Hope / Bodily Preservation from Death
Bengali name: পুনরুত্থানের প্রত্যাশা
Key terms: resurrection, sheol
Review routing: Human theologian
Psalm 16:10 (‘you will not abandon my soul to Sheol’) is the OT prooftext Peter uses at Pentecost (Acts 2:27; 13:35) for Christ’s bodily, historical resurrection; পুনরুত্থান must never be confused with পুনর্জন্ম (reincarnation) and must also be distinguished from Islamic theology’s denial that Jesus died on the cross at all.
Priesthood and Melchizedek Typology
Bengali name: যাজকত্ব ও মল্কীষেদকীয় পূর্বচ্ছায়া
Key terms: priest_melchizedek, anointing_royal
Review routing: Human theologian
The unique combined priest-king office (normally distinct offices in Israel) must use যাজক, never পুরোহিত, the ordinary Bengali term for a Hindu Brahmin ritual priest, which would import a caste-priesthood association entirely absent from the biblical concept and obscure this text’s foundational role in Hebrews 5-7’s Christology.
High Risk Doctrines
The Character of God as King
Bengali name: রাজা রূপে ঈশ্বরের চরিত্র
Key terms: king_of_israel, kingdom_of_god
Review routing: Human theologian
রাজা is unavoidable ordinary Bengali royal-title vocabulary, used equally of Hindu mythic god-kings (e.g., Rama as raja of Ayodhya); teaching materials must make explicit that God’s kingship is singular and absolute sovereignty over all creation, not one raja-avatar among Hindu cosmology’s many kingly deities.
Lament and Honest Prayer
Bengali name: বিলাপ ও সৎ প্রার্থনা
Key terms: soul, sheol, intercession, commit_my_spirit
Review routing: Human theologian
Biblical lament permits unfiltered honesty (anger, grief, unresolved doubt as in Psalm 88) brought directly to a personal covenant God; this must be distinguished from resigned fatalism (ভাগ্য/নিয়তি acceptance) and from Islamic tawakkul’s emphasis on submission without complaint — honest protest-within-covenant-relationship is the doctrinal point, not passive acceptance.
Praise and Worship
Bengali name: প্রশংসা ও আরাধনা
Key terms: worship, praise_verb, embodied_praise, hallelujah, idols
Review routing: Human theologian
আরাধনা and স্তব/স্তুতি are the established Bengali Christian church-usage terms but are simultaneously standard Bengali Hindu vocabulary for temple/deity worship (পূজা-আরাধনা) and Sanskrit devotional-hymn genre terms (stotra); the embodied praise of Ps 149-150 (dance, tambourine, cymbals) also visibly resembles Bengali Vaishnava bhakti kirtan practice. The physical form of praise may resemble bhakti devotion, but its object and content (সদাপ্রভু’s historical redemptive acts) must be kept doctrinally distinct from any devotional theology directed at Krishna or other deities.
The Righteous and the Wicked (Psalm 1)
Bengali name: ধার্মিক ও দুষ্ট
Key terms: righteousness, righteous_adj, wicked, law, meditate, blessed_declarative
Review routing: Human theologian
ধার্মিক/ধার্মিকতা must never shift toward ধর্ম-root alternatives (conflating right-standing with mere religious-community membership), and মনে মনে আবৃত্তি করে must never become ধ্যান করে, the fixed technical term for yogic/Buddhist meditative absorption, which would import an altered-consciousness-technique frame entirely foreign to Psalm 1’s simple verbal rumination on God’s instruction.
Universal Human Sinfulness / Need for Grace
Bengali name: সার্বজনীন মানবিক পাপপ্রবণতা
Key terms: sin, transgression, iniquity, wicked, fool
Review routing: Human theologian
All humanity’s universal guilt before God, echoing the Romans baseline’s universal_human_accountability doctrine, must retain its full force without softening for social or communal-identity comfort; this undermines both caste-based spiritual hierarchy and any assumption that religious-community membership alone confers safety.
Idolatry Polemic
Bengali name: প্রতিমাপূজার বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবাদ
Key terms: idols, god
Review routing: Human theologian
প্রতিমা is deliberately, doctrinally confrontational: it is the everyday Bengali word for a Hindu deity-image (e.g., Durga Puja প্রতিমা). The Psalter’s polemic point that idols are lifeless human handiwork is sharpened, not blunted, by this direct overlap, and requires careful, respectful native-speaker and theologian framing so that the confrontation lands as intended theological argument rather than as gratuitous cultural offense.
Providence and Sovereign Care
Bengali name: ঈশ্বরের পরিচালনা ও সার্বভৌম যত্ন
Key terms: providence
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s personal, purposive formation of each individual life (Psalm 139:13’s ‘you knit me together in my mother’s womb’) must never be rendered as impersonal biological chance or karmic determination (ভাগ্য/নিয়তি/কর্মফল); this is intimate, relational providence, continuous with the baseline’s providence doctrine.
Delight in God’s Instruction (Torah)
Bengali name: ব্যবস্থায় আনন্দ
Key terms: law, meditate, blameless
Review routing: Human theologian
ব্যবস্থা here carries a broadened, joyful ‘instruction to delight in’ sense distinct from the narrower Romans-context legal/grace-contrast sense; teaching materials must not let Romans’ law-versus-grace polemic bleed into every Psalms occurrence of this shared term, since Psalms treats Torah primarily as life-giving revelation rather than a burden contrasted with grace.
Redemption / Kinsman-Redeemer
Bengali name: উদ্ধার ও মুক্তিদাতা আত্মীয়
Key terms: redeemer, salvation
Review routing: Human theologian
The specific legal-family kinsman-redeemer concept (a near relative buying back a person or property from bondage/debt) must never be rendered with মুক্তি-family vocabulary, which the baseline forbids for salvation due to its Hindu liberation-from-rebirth association; উদ্ধার করা/উদ্ধারকর্তা preserves the distinct covenant-family redemption sense, typologically fulfilled in Christ.
Hope Beyond Death / Sheol
Bengali name: মৃত্যুর ঊর্ধ্বে প্রত্যাশা
Key terms: sheol, soul
Review routing: Human theologian
পাতাল, the closest available Bengali term for Sheol, is also the specific name of the Hindu Puranic cosmological underworld-tier (home of the Nāgas); a translator note must clarify that biblical Sheol simply denotes the realm/state of the dead with no cosmological geography, deities, or reincarnation cycle attached, preserving the text’s presence-in-death hope rather than a geography-of-the-afterlife claim.
Medium Risk Doctrines
Fear of the LORD / Reverent Awe
Bengali name: সদাপ্রভুর প্রতি সম্ভ্রমপূর্ণ ভয়
Key terms: fear_of_the_lord
Review routing: Native speaker review
Must convey worshipful, reverent awe as ‘the beginning of wisdom,’ not servile terror nor the courtly submission of a subject before an earthly রাজা; native-speaker judgment is needed to keep the warmth of covenant relationship present alongside the awe.
Kingdom Mission to the Nations
Bengali name: জাতিগণের প্রতি রাজ্যের মিশন
Key terms: mission, nations_generic, gentiles, kingdom_of_god
Review routing: Native speaker review
Universal messianic-kingdom expansion language carries real social sensitivity in Bangladesh’s Muslim-majority context and social friction in Hindu-majority West Bengal; tone requires native-speaker judgment, consistent with the baseline’s mission_to_nations caution, while still preserving the doctrinal content of universal blessing through the Davidic-messianic king.
Prayer and Intercession
Bengali name: প্রার্থনা ও মধ্যস্থতা
Key terms: intercession, commit_my_spirit
Review routing: Native speaker review
Direct, personal access to God in prayer must be distinguished from Hindu puja ritual worship and from the shrine-based folk practice (common to both folk Islam and folk Catholicism in Bengal) of seeking intercession from a pir or saint’s tomb; the psalmist prays directly to সদাপ্রভু himself, not through an intermediary figure.
Corporate Worship Assembly (Church as God’s People)
Bengali name: সমবেত আরাধনা ও ঈশ্বরের প্রজা
Key terms: church, fellowship
Review routing: Native speaker review
The gathered covenant assembly (qahal) must be rendered মণ্ডলী, never মন্দির (Hindu temple), and understood as a new covenant worshiping community rather than a caste-segregated or purely ritual institution.
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