PSA 102:1 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 102:2: 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 101:2) Κύριε εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, καὶ ἡ κραυγή μου πρὸς σὲ ἐλθέτω.
(Kurie eisakouson taʸs proseuⱪaʸs mou, kai haʸ kraugaʸ mou pros se elthetō.)

ULT Hear my prayer, Yahweh;
⇔ let my cry come unto you.

UST Yahweh, please listen to me when I pray to you;
⇔ yes, please be attentive as I cry out to you!

BSB Hear my prayer, O LORD;
⇔ let my cry for help come before You.

OEB Hear my prayer, O Lord;
⇔ let my cry for help come to you.

WEBBE Hear my prayer, LORD![fn]
⇔ Let my cry come to you.

102:1 LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.

WMBB Hear my prayer, LORD!
⇔ Let my cry come to you.

NET O Lord, hear my prayer!
⇔ Pay attention to my cry for help!

LSV A PRAYER OF THE AFFLICTED WHEN HE IS FEEBLE, AND POURS OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE YHWH. O YHWH, hear my prayer, indeed, my cry comes to You.

FBV Lord, please hear my prayer, my cry for help!

T4T Yahweh, listen to what I am praying;
⇔ hear me while I cry out to you!

LEB •
• and pours out his lament before Yahweh.[fn]
• O Yahweh, hear my prayer,
• and let my cry for help come to you.

102:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

BBE Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

Moff Listen to my prayer, O thou Eternal,
⇔ let my cry for help reach thee;

JPS (PSA 102:2) (102-3) Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress; incline Thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.

ASV Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,
⇔ And let my cry come unto thee.

DRA (PSA 101:2) Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

YLT A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.

Drby Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.

RV Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
(Hear my prayer, Oh LORD, and let my cry come unto thee/you.)

SLT Prayer for the poor when he shall languish, and before Jehovah shall pour out his complaint O Jehovah, hear my prayer, and my cry shall come to thee.

Wbstr A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to thee.

KJB-1769 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.[fn]
(Hear my prayer, Oh LORD, and let my cry come unto thee/you.)

102.1 of: or, for

KJB-1611 ¶ Heare my prayer, O LORD: and let my crie come vnto thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A prayer of the afflicted when he was ouerwhelmed, and when he did powre out his petition before the face of God. Heare my prayer O God: and let my crying come in vnto thee.
(A prayer of the afflicted when he was overwhelmed, and when he did pour out his petition before the face of God. Hear my prayer Oh God: and let my crying come in unto thee/you.)

Gnva A prayer of the afflicted, when he shall be in distresse, and pour forth his meditation before the Lord. O Lord, heare my prayer, and let my crye come vnto thee.
(A prayer of the afflicted, when he shall be in distress, and pour forth his meditation before the Lord. Oh Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee/you.)

Cvdl Heare my prayer (o LORDE) and let my criege come vnto the.
(Hear my prayer (o LORD) and let my crying come unto them.)

Wycl (PSA 101:2) Lord, here thou my preier; and my crie come to thee.
(Lord, here thou/you my prayer; and my cry come to thee/you.)

Luth (PSA 102:2) HErr, höre mein Gebet und laß mein Schreien zu dir kommen!
(LORD, listen my prayer and let my shouting/crying to/for you/to_you(sg) coming!)

ClVg (PSA 101:2) [Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te veniat.[fn]
([Master, listen speech of_mine, and cry/shout mine to you(sg) let_him_come.)

101.2 Domine, exaudi orationem meam. CASS. Quintus psalmus pœnitentiæ; quartus qui oratio dicitur. Prima pars, captatio deprecativa. Et clamor. Oratio crevit in clamorem. Veniat, non obstent nubes, quæ iniquis. ID. Epimone per tres versus, id est crebra repetitio sententiæ.

101.2 Master, listen speech of_mine. CASS. Fifth psalm/song of_repentance; fourth who/which speech it_is_said. The_first part, pursuit pleading. And cry/shout. Speech/Prayer grew in/into/on shout. Let_him/it_come, not/no they_may_oppose clouds, which unjust. ID. Repetition through three towards_OR_verse, that it_is frequent repetition sentences.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְעָ֣⁠ה תְפִלָּתִ֑⁠י וְ֝⁠שַׁוְעָתִ֗⁠י אֵלֶ֥י⁠ךָ תָבֽוֹא

YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH hear, prayer_of,my and,my_cry_of,for_help to,you come )

These two phrases Hear my prayer, Yahweh and let my cry come unto you mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [Hear my prayer, Yahweh, as I cry out to you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

שִׁמְעָ֣⁠ה תְפִלָּתִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH hear, prayer_of,my and,my_cry_of,for_help to,you come )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. Use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please hear my prayer]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ֝⁠שַׁוְעָתִ֗⁠י אֵלֶ֥י⁠ךָ תָבֽוֹא

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH hear, prayer_of,my and,my_cry_of,for_help to,you come )

The psalmist is speaking of my cry as if it were a living thing that could come to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [pay attention to what I cry to you]

Parallel PSA 102:1