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OET (OET-LV) [fn] YHWH may_he_cut_off all_of the_lips_of flattering_words a_tongue which_speaks great_things.
12:4 Note: KJB: Ps.12.3
OET (OET-RV) These are those who have said, “With our tongues we’ll get whatever we want.
⇔ ≈When our lips speak, who can tell us what to do?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
With our tongues will we prevail
(Some words not found in UHB: cut_off YHWH all/each/any/every lips_of flattering tongue she/it_was_speaking great )
Here the word “tongues” represents what people say. Alternate translation: “We will prevail because of what we say”
will we prevail
(Some words not found in UHB: cut_off YHWH all/each/any/every lips_of flattering tongue she/it_was_speaking great )
Alternate translation: “we will succeed” or “we will win” or “we will be victorious”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
When our lips speak
(Some words not found in UHB: cut_off YHWH all/each/any/every lips_of flattering tongue she/it_was_speaking great )
Here the “lips” represents the people who speak. Alternate translation: “When we speak”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
who can be master over us?
(Some words not found in UHB: cut_off YHWH all/each/any/every lips_of flattering tongue she/it_was_speaking great )
This rhetorical question is asked to emphasize that they believed no one could rule over them. If your readers would misunderstand this question, you can express it as a statement. Alternate translation: “no one can rule over us!”
12:4 The words they say reveal the character of the wicked. They deceive and overpower the godly and arrogantly question the Lord’s purposes.
OET (OET-LV) [fn] YHWH may_he_cut_off all_of the_lips_of flattering_words a_tongue which_speaks great_things.
12:4 Note: KJB: Ps.12.3
OET (OET-RV) These are those who have said, “With our tongues we’ll get whatever we want.
⇔ ≈When our lips speak, who can tell us what to do?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.