PSA 89:51 Parallel View

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ULT Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh;
 ⇔ they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.

UST Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king!
⇔ They insult him wherever he goes.

BSB how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD,
⇔ and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

OEB The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord,
⇔ which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.

WEB With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh,
⇔ with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

WMB With which your enemies have mocked, LORD,
⇔ with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

NET Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;
 ⇔ they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.

LSV With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH,
With which they have reproached
The steps of Your anointed.

FBV Your enemies taunt me, Lord, mocking your king[fn] wherever he goes.

89:51 Literally, “anointed one.”

T4T Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king!
⇔ They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.

LEB • by which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh, by which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.

BBE The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

MOF the taunts of thine own enemies, O Eternal,
⇔ taunting thy chosen at every step.

JPS (89-52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.

ASV Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,
 ⇔ Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

DRA No DRA PSA 89:51 verse available

YLT Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.

DBY Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

RV Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

WBS With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed

KJB Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
(Wherewith thine/your enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine/your anointed. )

BB Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour: who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted.
(Who being thine/your enemies O God do dishonour: who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine/your anointed.)

GNV For thine enemies haue reproched thee, O Lord, because they haue reproched the footesteps of thine Anointed.
(For thine/your enemies have reproched thee, O Lord, because they have reproched the footesteps of thine/your Anointed. )

CB Remebre LORDE the rebuke that ye multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes, & how I haue borne it in my bosome.
(Remebre LORD the rebuke that ye/you_all multitude of the people do unto thy/your servants, and how I have born it in my bosome.)

WYC No WYC PSA 89:51 verse available

LUT Gedenke, HErr, an die Schmach deiner Knechte, die ich trage in meinem Schoß von so vielen Völkern allen,
(Gedenke, HErr, at the Schmach deiner Knechte, the I trage in my Schoß from so vielen Völkern allen,)

CLV No CLV PSA 89:51 verse available

BRN No BRN PSA 89:51 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 89:51 verse available

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Making Sense of the Exile

Israel’s kings and the people of Israel repeatedly rebelled against God and broke their covenant with him. God therefore declared that he would bring the curses of the covenant upon them (see Deut 28:15-68; cp. Jer 4:13; Amos 5:11; Mic 6:14-15). God sent the Assyrian and Babylonian armies to execute this sentence, and a large number of the Israelites were taken into exile (see 2 Kgs 24:1–25:21).

The Exile shaped many of the psalms; we see its impact working behind the scenes in various images and themes. In Psalm 89 the grief, anguish, and confusion of the Exile are distilled into several questions that the psalmist raises: Has God abandoned David’s royal line (89:38-39)? How long will God’s anger last (Ps 89:46)? Does God understand human frailty (89:47-48)? Is God true to his nature (89:49)? Is God just in not avenging his people (89:50-51)?

These questions were on the minds of God’s people during and after the Exile. Some of their doubts raise questions concerning God’s ability to rule. Rather than dismissing these questions, wise readers listen, reflect, and study the answers that Scripture gives.

The definitive answer came in the Lord Jesus Christ (see Isa 52–54; Luke 1:46-55, 67-79; 4:18-19; Rom 6:6, 16-23; Heb 12:22-24). But those who experienced the Exile could only dimly foresee a hopeful future. They asked these hard questions and lived without clear answers.

Passages for Further Study

Lev 26:27-45; Deut 28:36-37, 63-68; 30:1-5; 2 Kgs 17:5-23; 24:1–25:21; Ezra 5:12; Pss 89; 107; 126; Isa 5:13; 27:13; 52:1-12; 59:10; Jer 2:37; 3:18; 4:13; Ezek 6:9; 20:41; 37:1-14; Amos 5:11; Mic 6:14-15

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Your enemies hurl insults

(Some words not found in UHB: remember my=master/master mocked your=servants bear,I in/on/at/with,bosom,my all/each/any/every many peoples )

The enemies shouting insults at the king is spoken of as if insults were an object that the enemies throw violently at the king.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

they mock the footsteps of your anointed one

(Some words not found in UHB: remember my=master/master mocked your=servants bear,I in/on/at/with,bosom,my all/each/any/every many peoples )

Here “footsteps” represents where the king goes. Alternate translation: “they mock your anointed one wherever he goes”

Parallel PSA 89:51