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OET-LV [fn] soul_my in_the_middle lions I_lie_with [those_who]_devour [the]_children of_humankind teeth_whose [are]_a_spear and_arrows and_tongues_whose [is]_a_sword sharp.
57:5 Note: KJB: Ps.57.4
UHB 5 נַפְשִׁ֤י ׀ בְּת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃ ‡
(5 nafshiy bətōk ləⱱāʼim ʼeshəⱪəⱱāh lohₐţiym bənēy-ʼādām shinnēyhem ḩₐniyt vəḩiʦʦiym ūləshōnām ḩereⱱ ḩaddāh.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT My life is among lions;
⇔ I am among those who are ready to devour me.
⇔ I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ and whose tongues are sharp swords.
UST Sometimes I am surrounded by my enemies, who are as ready to kill me as lions are to kill people;
⇔ they are like lions that chew to bits the animals that they kill.
⇔ But my enemies are human, and they have spears and arrows, not teeth;
⇔ they say false things about me.
BSB My soul is among the lions;
⇔ I lie down with ravenous beasts—
⇔ with men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ whose tongues are sharp swords.
OEB In the midst of lions I lie,
⇔ who devour human prey.
⇔ Their teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ and their tongue is a sharpened sword.
WEB My soul is among lions.
⇔ I lie among those who are set on fire,
⇔ even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ and their tongue a sharp sword.
NET I am surrounded by lions;
⇔ I lie down among those who want to devour me;
⇔ men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ whose tongues are a sharp sword.
LSV My soul [is] in the midst of lions,
I lie down [among] flames—sons of men,
Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
FBV I am surrounded by man-eating lions—I am forced to live with them! Their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues are swords.
T4T ⇔ Sometimes I am surrounded by my enemies who are like lions that kill humans;
⇔ they are like lions that chew with their teeth animals that they kill;
⇔ but my enemies have spears and arrows, not teeth;
⇔ and the false things that they say [MTY] hurt people as much as sharp swords hurt people [MET].
LEB • is among lions. I lie down among those who devour— • the children[fn] of humankind whose teeth are spears and arrows • and whose tongues are sharp swords.
?:? Or “sons”
BBE My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
MOF I have to live amon lions,
⇔ who prey upon men;
⇔ their teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ their tongue is a sharp sword.
JPS (57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
ASV My soul is among lions;
⇔ I lie among them that are set on fire,
⇔ Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ And their tongue a sharp sword.
DRA The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
YLT My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
DBY My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
RV My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
WBS My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
KJB My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
(My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. )
BB My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
GNV My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
(My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword. )
CB Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:
(Sela. This shall God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule among the cruell lyons:)
WYC Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis.
(Synneris were made aliens from the womb; they erriden from the womb, they spaken false things.)
LUT Er sendet vom Himmel und hilft mir von der Schmach meines Versenkers. Sela. GOtt sendet seine Güte und Treue.
(Er sendet from_the heaven and hilft to_me from the Schmach meines Versenkers. Sela. God sendet his Güte and Treue.)
CLV Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.[fn]
(Alienati are peccatores a vulva; erraverunt away utero: locuti are falsa.)
57.4 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva. Vel, alienati sunt a vulva Ecclesiæ, etc., usque ad abortivi excutiuntur.
57.4 Alienati are peccatores a vulva. Vel, alienati are a womb Ecclesiæ, etc., usque to abortivi excutiuntur.
BRN Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
BrLXX Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ.
(Apaʸllotriōthaʸsan hoi hamartōloi apo maʸtras, eplanaʸthaʸsan apo gastros, elalaʸsan pseudaʸ. )
Ps 57 The psalmist’s cry for mercy and protection quickly turns into an affirmation of trust and confidence in the Lord (57:1-4). When the wicked fall into their own traps (57:6), the psalmist will praise the Lord (57:7-10).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
My life is among lions
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,heaven and,save,me put_to_shame tramples,me selah he/it_will_send_out/away ʼₑlhīmv steadfast_love,his and,faithfulness,his )
The psalmist speaks of his enemies as if they were lions. Alternate translation: “I live among fierce enemies” or “Fierce enemies surround me like lions”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
those who are ready to devour me
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,heaven and,save,me put_to_shame tramples,me selah he/it_will_send_out/away ʼₑlhīmv steadfast_love,his and,faithfulness,his )
Destroying is spoken of as devouring or eating something up. Some versions understand the Hebrew text to mean “fiery beasts.” Both images speak of his enemies as if they were wild beasts. Alternate translation: “those who are ready to destroy me”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
people whose teeth are spears and arrows
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,heaven and,save,me put_to_shame tramples,me selah he/it_will_send_out/away ʼₑlhīmv steadfast_love,his and,faithfulness,his )
The enemies’ spears and arrows are spoken of as if they were lions’ teeth. The psalmist continues to speak of his enemies as if they were lions. Alternate translation: “people who kill others with spears and arrows as lions kill with their sharp teeth”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
spears and arrows
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,heaven and,save,me put_to_shame tramples,me selah he/it_will_send_out/away ʼₑlhīmv steadfast_love,his and,faithfulness,his )
Since both of these terms are weapons, if your culture knows only one, it is acceptable to use it alone.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
whose tongues are sharp swords
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,heaven and,save,me put_to_shame tramples,me selah he/it_will_send_out/away ʼₑlhīmv steadfast_love,his and,faithfulness,his )
The tongue represents what someone says, and the enemies’ cruel words are spoken of as if they were swords. Alternate translation: “whose cruel words are like sharp swords” or “who cause terrible trouble for me by what they say”