The Headings of the Psalms 521 oYKw(Md nwhYNwP rtB oM )M( pwcrP oM dYwdL rYM) lBBrwz ydY*)Bd )LKYhd hNYNB oM nwhYBB*dL(B nwhL .)dwhYd )+B$ nMd Spoken by David in the person of the people after their return when their enemies impeded them from the building of the temple through the hands of Zerubbabel from the tribe of Judah. This is a very important example. The additional phrase occurring in 12t4, 18>8dt1 and a number of other manuscripts make perfect sense. The omission in 6t1 makes the exact context of the heading unclear. In this instance the shortened heading of 6t1 must be an early revision of the slightly longer original heading. In Psalm 128, 6t1 omits the last two words (owhtwNYhK l(; He prophesies about the return of the people and he teaches them to remember the former things and to acknowledge their prosperity). This is omitted by the edition from Mosul as well, though it has a shortened version of the heading. In Psalm 137, some of the younger witnesses (17t2, M25, M507, M) add “God” after the verb “to praise” (He points out about the return of the people in Babylon and how they praised on account of their salvation). At the end of the heading of Psalm 146, 18>8dt1 and 12t4 add lKd )dwB(, as do 13t1, 13t4, 16t2, 17t1, 17t3 and M25 (He prophesies about the people in Babylon and he praises in their person about the things done for them by God). In Psalm 105, 6t1 omits the final word (nwhY*hB)). This is a scribal error, at the end of a line, where the noun was omitted that should have followed the preposition “to” (He instructs the people about virtue and he teaches them to praise God when he mentions to them the former favours that were done by him to their fathers). It omits the “them” after “he teaches” as well. These examples go against the view of Bloemendaal and Vosté that original longer headings were shortened by later manuscripts. One must remember that many of the headings were quite short, in 6t1 and all the other witnesses, such as Psalm 22, 25 and 27. It may be quite possible that in some instances 6t1 has an expanded heading, with the shorter heading being original. 7. 18>8dt1 and 12t4 have minuses, plusses or variants In a number of instances, 18>8dt1 or 12t4 has unique variants. This is especially true of 12t4.