PSA 59:17 Parallel View

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59:18 Note--fnCOLON-- KJB--fnCOLON-- Ps--fnPERIOD--59--fnPERIOD--17

Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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 To you, my strength, I will sing praises;
 ⇔ for God is my high tower, the God of covenant faithfulness.

UST God, you are the one who enables me to be strong;
⇔ you are my refuge;
⇔ you faithfully love me, just as you have promised in your covenant.

BSB To You, O my strength, I sing praises,
⇔ for You, O God, are my fortress,
⇔ my God of loving devotion.

OEB My strength, I will sing praise to you,
⇔ for God is my sure retreat,
⇔ my faithful God.

WEB To you, my strength, I will sing praises.
⇔ For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

NET You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you!
 ⇔ For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

LSV O my Strength, I sing praise to You,
For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!

FBV You are my strength, I sing praises to you, for you are the one who protects me—the God who shows me his trustworthy love!

T4T  ⇔ God, you are the one who enables me to be strong;
⇔ you are my refuge;
⇔ you faithfully love me.

LEB • because God is my high stronghold, • my God of loyal love.

BBE To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

MOF O thou my Strength, to thee I sing,
⇔ for thou, Eternal, art my fortress.

JPS (59-18) O my strength, unto Thee will I sing praises; for God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

ASV Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises:
 ⇔ For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

DRA No DRA PSA 59:17 verse available

YLT O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!

DBY Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for [fn]God is my high fortress, the [fn]God of my mercy.

59.17 Elohim

RV Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: for God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

WBS To thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy.

KJB Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
(Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. )

BB Unto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes: for thou O Lorde art my refuge, and my mercyfull Lorde.
(Unto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes: for thou/you O Lord art my refuge, and my merciful Lord.)

GNV Vnto thee, O my Strength, wil I sing: for God is my defence, and my mercifull God.
(Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and my merciful God. )

CB Vnto the (o my strength) wil I synge, for thou (o God) art my defence, and my merciful God.
(Unto the (o my strength) will I synge, for thou/you (o God) art my defence, and my merciful God.)

WYC No WYC PSA 59:17 verse available

LUT Ich aber will von deiner Macht singen und des Morgens rühmen deine Güte; denn du bist mein Schutz und Zuflucht in meiner Not.
(I but will from deiner Macht singen and the Morgens rühmen your Güte; because you bist my Schutz and Zuflucht in my Not.)

CLV No CLV PSA 59:17 verse available

BRN No BRN PSA 59:17 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 59:17 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / sentences

To you, my strength, I will sing praises

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I sing strength,your and,sing_aloud in_the,morning steadfast_love,your that/for/because/then/when been stronghold to=me and,refuge in/on=day trouble to=me )

“To you, my strength” can be combined as one clause. Alternate translation: “You are my strength, so I will sing praises to you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

my strength

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I sing strength,your and,sing_aloud in_the,morning steadfast_love,your that/for/because/then/when been stronghold to=me and,refuge in/on=day trouble to=me )

God’s being the psalmist’s strength represents God protecting him. Alternate translation: “my protector”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

for God is my high tower

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I sing strength,your and,sing_aloud in_the,morning steadfast_love,your that/for/because/then/when been stronghold to=me and,refuge in/on=day trouble to=me )

High towers are places that people can go to for shelter from their enemies. The psalmist speaks of God protecting him as if God were a strong, safe shelter. Alternate translation: “you have protected me like a high tower”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

the God of covenant faithfulness

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I sing strength,your and,sing_aloud in_the,morning steadfast_love,your that/for/because/then/when been stronghold to=me and,refuge in/on=day trouble to=me )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word faithfulness, you could express the same idea with an adjective. This can be expressed in a separate sentence. Alternate translation: “He is the God who is faithful to his covenant”

Parallel PSA 59:17