musical sense of the words. The Chaldee reads
לשבחא על חנגיתא
, "to be sung on the pipe." The word
למנצח
is (from
נצח
, to overcome, excel, or accomplish) a performance, and Aquila translates the entire title, τῷ νικοποιῷ ἐν ψαλμοῖς μελώδημα τῷ Δαυιδ; and Jerome, Victori in Canticis, Psalmus David. But Symmachus, ἐπινίκιος διὰ ψαλτηρίων ᾠδή; and Theodotius, εἰς τὸ νῖκος ὕμνοις, who must have read
לנצח
. The best reading is that of the present text,
למנצח