PSA 108:5 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki: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).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔθεντο κατʼ ἐμοῦ κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ μῖσος ἀντὶ τῆς ἀγαπήσεώς μου.
(Kai ethento katʼ emou kaka anti agathōn, kai misos anti taʸs agapaʸseōs mou. )

ULT Be exalted, God, above the heavens,
⇔ and may your glory be exalted over all the earth.

UST Yahweh, show in the heavens that you are very great!
⇔ Show your glory to people all over the earth!

BSB Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
⇔ may Your glory cover all the earth.

OEB Be exalted, O God, o’er the heavens,
⇔ and your glory o’er all the earth.

WEBBE Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
⇔ Let your glory be over all the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Rise up above the sky, O God!
⇔ May your splendor cover the whole earth!

LSV Be exalted above the heavens, O God,
And Your glory above all the earth.

FBV God, your greatness is above the highest heavens; and your glory is over all the earth![fn]

108:5 This verse is the same as Psalms 57:11.

T4T Yahweh, show in the heavens that you are very great!
⇔ And show your glory to people all over the earth!

LEB • the heavens, O God, and let your glory be above all the earth,

BBE Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

Moff ⇔ Up, O God, high over heaven!
⇔ Up with thy glory over all the earth!

JPS (108-6) Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory be above all the earth.

ASV Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
⇔ And thy glory above all the earth.

DRA And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

YLT Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.

Drby Be thou exalted above the heavens, O [fn]God, and thy glory above all the earth.

108.5 Elohim

RV Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

Wbstr Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

KJB-1769 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
(Be thou/you exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy/your glory above all the earth; )

KJB-1611 [fn]Be thou exalted, O God, aboue the heauens: and thy glory aboue all the earth:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

108:5 Psal.60.7.

Bshps Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens: and let thy glory be aboue all the earth.
(Exalt thyself/yourself O Lord above the heavens: and let thy/your glory be above all the earth.)

Gnva Exalt thy self, O God, aboue the heauens, and let thy glorie be vpon all the earth,
(Exalt thy/your self, O God, above the heavens, and let thy/your glory be upon all the earth, )

Cvdl Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the heaues, & thy glory aboue all the earth.
(Set up thy/your self (o God) above the heavens, and thy/your glory above all the earth.)

Wycl And thei settiden ayens me yuelis for goodis; and hatrede for my loue.
(And they settiden against me evils for goods; and hatrede for my love.)

Luth Denn deine Gnade reicht, soweit der Himmel ist, und deine Wahrheit, soweit die Wolken gehen.
(Because your Gnade reicht, soweit the/of_the heaven is, and your truth, soweit the Wolken go.)

ClVg Et posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, et odium pro dilectione mea.[fn]
(And they_put adversum me evil for bonis, and odium for dilectione my. )

108.5 Et posuerunt adversum. AUG. Sex differentiæ sunt, etc., usque ad quod est bonum pro malo, quod et Deus judex facit. CASS. Tribus modis omne peccatum contrahitur, etc., usque ad quod Christus orans pro Judæis fecit.

108.5 And they_put adversum. AUG. Sex differentiæ are, etc., until to that it_is bonum for malo, that and God yudex facit. CASS. Tribus modis omne peccatum contrahitur, etc., until to that Christus orans for Yudæis fecit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Be exalted, God, above the heavens

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great from=under heavens steadfast_love,your and=unto clouds faithfulness,your )

The psalmist is asking God to show that he is exalted. Being exalted above the heavens represents being great. Alternate translation: “God, show that you are exalted above the heavens” or “God, show that you are great in the heavens”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

may your glory be exalted

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great from=under heavens steadfast_love,your and=unto clouds faithfulness,your )

Here Yahweh is referred to by his “glory.” Alternate translation: “may you be exalted”

Parallel PSA 108:5