Psalm 3

Hebrew verse numbers shown below. English translations merge Hebrew verses 1 and 2 into being verse 1, so all subsequent verse numbers are out by one.

Phrase									Distinctive Cantillation			Translation
									Level	Mark	Nesting Level (Rule)
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	1. A song of/for/belonging to David
									king	Revia Mugrash	1 (2)		when he fled
									king	Mahpakh Legarmeh	2 (2)			from before (the face of)
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	his son Absalom
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	2. (O) LORD how many enemies
									king	Mahpakh Legarmeh	1 (2)		many(s)
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	attack upon me
									duke	Tsinnor	0 (1)	3. Many(s)
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	say
									king	Mahpakh Legarmeh	1 (2)		to my soul
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	"There is no salvation to him from God", Selah
									duke	Dechi	0 (1)	4. And/But you LORD
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	are a shield about me
									king	Revia Mugrash	1 (2)		my glory
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	lifter of my head
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	5. My voice called out to the LORD
									duke	Dechi	2 (2)			and he answered me from his mountain
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	holy, selah
									king	Revia	0 (1)	6. I lay (me) down
									king	Ole We Yored	1 (2)		to sleep
									king	Atnach	2 (2)			I awoke
									duke	Dechi	4 (2)					for/because
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	the LORD (he) would support/sustain me
									duke	Dechi	0 (1)	7. I will not be afraid
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	of myriads of peoples
									king	Revia Mugrash	1 (2)		which around
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	set upon me
									king	Azla Legarmeh	0 (1)	8. Arise LORD
									king	Revia	1 (2)		save me my God
									king	Atnach	2 (2)			For you have struck (or will certainly strike in the future) all my enemies to the jaw
									duke	Dechi	4 (2)					teeth (might) of
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	the wicked break
									king	Atnach	0 (1)	9. To the LORD is (belongs) salvation
									duke	Dechi	2 (2)			upon your people
									emporer	Sof Pasuq	0 (1)	your blessings, selah

Cantillation mark information

1. Table of marks
2. Explanation of mark sturctures

Nesting rules

The real nesting levels (0 for top-level, 1 for halves of top-level, 2 for quarters etc.) of the marks can be recovered from the ranks:

1. For an emperor (or king, or duke, or officer) that has no mark of the same or a higher rank ahead of it, the nesting level is 0 (or 1, or 2, or 3, resp.).
2. For a mark that is lower in rank than its predecessor by k ranks or equal in rank (that is: lower by k=0 ranks), the nesting level is k+1 more than the nesting level of the predecessor.
3. For a mark that is higher in rank than its predecessor, the nesting level is the same as it would have been, had all marks of lower rank been removed.

The indentation of each line reflected the nesting level of the mark that terminated the preceding line.