III. MAHALATH, Maheleth, or Maleth, is read in the Title of Psalm liii. and lxxxviii1. To the chief Musician upon Mahalath. Some ancient Copies read Amalech. ‘Tis thought by some, that Mahalath signifies some musical Instrument, but this Conjecture has no Foundation. We rather think it is put for Dancing, which is certainly its proper Signification in the Hebrew. So that we would translate the Title of the 53d Psalm thus, ” An ” instructive Psalm of David, for the chief ” Master of Dancing, or for the Chorus of ” Singers and Dancers.
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למנצח על מחלת משכיל לדודAqu. Ἐπὶ χορείαν. Theodot. ὑπὲρ τῆς χορείας for the Dance. Sym. διὰ χόρου, by the Choir. ↩