PSA 101:25 — alternate verse numbering

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Original PSA 102:25: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki: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).

BrLXX (PSA 101:25) μὴ ἀναγάγῃς με ἐν ἡμίσει ἡμερῶν μου, ἐν γενεᾷ γενεῶν τὰ ἔτη σου.
(maʸ anagagaʸs me en haʸmisei haʸmerōn mou, en genea geneōn ta etaʸ sou.)

BrTr (PSA 101:25) Take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are through all generations.

ULT I said, “My God, do not take me away in the middle of my days;
⇔ your years, are a generation of generations.

UST I say to you, “My God, do not let me die when I am only half-way through my lifetime!
⇔ In contrast, you live forever!

BSB & MSB I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days!
⇔ Your years [go on] through all generations.

OEB I will say, ‘My God, take me not hence
⇔ in the midst of my days.
⇔ ‘Your years endure age after age.

WEBBE & WMBB I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days.
⇔ Your years are throughout all generations.

NET I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life!
⇔ You endure through all generations.

LSV I say, “My God, do not take me up in the midst of my days,”
Your years [are] through all generations.

FBV I cried out, “My God, don't take my life while I'm young! You are the one who lives forever.

T4T I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now,
⇔ before I become old!
⇔ You live forever!

LEB • I say, “My God, do not carry me off
• from my life in the middle of my days.”
• Your years continue throughout all generations.

BBE I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations:

Moff he has shortened my days, till I cry:
⇔ “My God, remove me not before my days are done,
⇔ O thou whose years endure age after age!”

JPS (PSA 102:25) (102-26) Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.

ASV I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:
⇔ Thy years are throughout all generations.

DRA (PSA 101:25) Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

YLT I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.

Drby I said, My [fn]God, take me not away in the midst of my days! ...Thy years are from generation to generation.

102.24 El

RV I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
(I said, Oh my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy/your years are throughout all generations.)

SLT Saying, O my God, thou wilt not take me away in the half of my days: thy years in generations of generations.

Wbstr I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

KJB-1769 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
(I said, Oh my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy/your years are throughout all generations.)

KJB-1611 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my dayes: thy yeres are throughout all generations.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps But I say, O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age: as for thy yeres, they endure throughout all generations.
(But I say, Oh my God take me not away in the midst of mine age: as for thy/your years, they endure throughout all generations.)

Gnva And I sayd, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my dayes: thy yeeres endure from generation to generation.
(And I said, Oh my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy/your years endure from generation to generation.)

Cvdl Yet wil I saye: O my God, take me not awaye in ye myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all generacions.
(Yet will I say: Oh my God, take me not away in ye/you_all midst of mine age: as for thy/your years, they endure throughout all generations.)

Wycl (PSA 101:25) Ayenclepe thou not me in the myddil of my daies; thi yeris ben in generacioun and in to generacioun.
(Recall thou/you not me in the middle of my days; thy/your years been in generation and in to generation.)

Luth (PSA 102:25) Ich sage: Mein GOtt, nimm mich nicht weg in der Hälfte meiner Tage! Deine Jahre währen für und für.
(I said: My God, take me not away/gone in the/of_the helped/assisted mine days! Your(s) years last(v) for/in_favour_of and for/in_favour_of.)

ClVg (PSA 101:25) ne revoces me in dimidio dierum meorum, in generationem et generationem anni tui.[fn]
(not you_may_recall me in/into/on half days of_mine, in/into/on generation and generation of_the_year yours(sg).)

101.25 In via virtutis. AUG. In fide, qua resurrexisse credit Christum. Via virtutis fuit Christus post resurrectionem, cum jam non infirmus, sed fortis, in cœlo vocat Ecclesiam. Laus fidei est, non quia credit mortuum, quod et paganus credit, sed glorificatum. Vel, breviter diffinitur religio Christiana, cum dicitur via virtutis. Vel, in generatione generationum. Est generatio generationum, quæ non transit, collecta de omnibus, id est sancti. In illa erunt anni Domini, qui non transeunt, id est æternitas Dei, quæ est ipsa substantia Dei, nihil habens mutabile.

101.25 In way/road of_virtue. AUG. In with_faith, which resurrected he_believes Christ/Messiah. Via of_virtue it_was Christ/Messiah after resurrection, when/with already not/no weak/sick, but strong/powerful, in/into/on sky he_calls assembly/church. Praise of_faith it_is, not/no because he_believes dead, that and pagan credit, but glorified. Or, briefly/shortly is_defined religion Christiana, when/with it_is_said way/road of_virtue. Or, in/into/on generation of_generations. It_is generation of_generations, which not/no passes, collected from/about to_all, that it_is holy. In that they_will_be of_the_year Master, who/which not/no they_pass, that it_is eternity of_God, which it_is herself substance of_God, nothing having changeable.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵ⁠נִי

not (Some words not found in UHB: say my_God_of,my not lift,me_up in,the_middle_of my_days_of,my [are]_in,a_generation_of generations years_of,your )

The psalmist is speaking as if God would literally take him somewhere. He means that God would cause him to die. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [do not end my life]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יָמָ֑⁠י

my_days_of,my

Here, days represents “life.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [my life]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שְׁנוֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: say my_God_of,my not lift,me_up in,the_middle_of my_days_of,my [are]_in,a_generation_of generations years_of,your )

The psalmist is speaking as if God’s eternal existence were actually years. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your lifespan is]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠ד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים

(Some words not found in UHB: say my_God_of,my not lift,me_up in,the_middle_of my_days_of,my [are]_in,a_generation_of generations years_of,your )

The psalmist is using a generation of generations as a common expression of his culture to mean “forever” or “for all time.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [forever] or [unending]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

בְּ⁠ד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים

(Some words not found in UHB: say my_God_of,my not lift,me_up in,the_middle_of my_days_of,my [are]_in,a_generation_of generations years_of,your )

Some translations mark the end of this verse as the place where the direct quotation ends. Other translations consider that the direct quotation continues until the end of the psalm. You may wish to follow what the major translation in your area does.

About verse numbering: PSA 101:25

Parallel PSA 102:24