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attention to the length of their cola, as defined by the number of syllables per cola. The average number of syllables per colon, counted across nearly one-hundred psalms, is typically eight, and sometimes seven or nine. Therefore, it is apparent that the Hebrew poets counted syllables when writing their poetry. Nine is the "ceiling" because there are no psalms which have an average number of syllables per colon above that, but twelve have exactly nine. Across all Psalms, the average is 8.005, with even greater attention devoted to maintaining

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