PSA 109:16 Parallel Verse View

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ULT May Yahweh do this because this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness,
⇔ but instead harassed the oppressed, the needy,
⇔ and the disheartened to death.

UST I pray these things because that man, my enemy, never acted toward anyone as your covenant says we must;
⇔ he persecuted poor and needy people
⇔ and even killed helpless people.

BSB ⇔ For he never thought to show kindness,
⇔ but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted,
⇔ even to their death.

OEB for he gave no thought to show kindness,
⇔ but pursued the poor and the needy,
⇔ drove the downhearted to death.

WEBBE because he didn’t remember to show kindness,
⇔ but persecuted the poor and needy man,
⇔ the broken in heart, to kill them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For he never bothered to show kindness;
⇔ he harassed the oppressed and needy,
⇔ and killed the disheartened.

LSV Because that he has not remembered to do kindness,
And pursues the poor man and needy,
And the struck of heart—to slay,

FBV For he didn't think to be kind to others, instead he harassed and killed the poor, the needy, the brokenhearted.

T4T ⇔ He never was kind to anyone;
⇔ he ◄persecuted/cause problems for► poor and needy people
⇔ and even killed helpless people.

LEB • but he pursued anyone,[fn] poor or needy
• or brokenhearted, to slay them.

109:? Hebrew “a man”

BBE Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

Moff Never did he remember to be kind;
⇔ but wretched, weak, and broken-hearted creatures
⇔ he persecuted to the death.

JPS Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.

ASV Because he remembered not to show kindness,
⇔ But persecuted the poor and needy man,
⇔ And the broken in heart, to slay them.

DRA No DRA PSA 109:16 verse available

YLT Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart — to slay,

Drby Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

RV Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay them.

Wbstr Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

KJB-1769 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
(Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. )

KJB-1611 Because that he remembred not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore and needy man: that he might euen slay the broken in heart.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Because that he remembred not to do good: but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and hym whose heart was broken with sorow, that he might take his life from hym.
(Because that he remembered not to do good: but he persecuted the afflicted and poor man, and him whose heart was broken with sorow, that he might take his life from him.)

Gnva Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.
(Because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the afflicted and poor man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him. )

Cvdl His delite was in cursynge, and therfore shall it happe vnto him: he loued not blessynge, and that shall be farre fro him.
(His delite was in cursynge, and therefore shall it happen unto him: he loved not blessing, and that shall be far from him.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 109:16 verse available

Luth darum daß er so gar keine Barmherzigkeit hatte, sondern verfolgte den Elenden und Armen und den Betrübten, daß er ihn tötete.
(therefore that he so even no compassion had, rather verfolgte the Elenden and Armen and the Betrübten, that he him/it tötete.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 109:16 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness

(Some words not found in UHB: for which/who not remember to_make kindness and,pursued (a)_man poor and,needy and,despondent_of heart to,put_~_todeath )

This refers to him showing covenant faithfulness to people. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word faithfulness, you could express the same idea with an adjective. Alternate translation: “this man never bothered to show any covenant faithfulness to people” or “this man never did anything to show that he was faithful to his covenant” (See also: figs-abstractnouns)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

the oppressed, the needy

(Some words not found in UHB: for which/who not remember to_make kindness and,pursued (a)_man poor and,needy and,despondent_of heart to,put_~_todeath )

This refers to oppressed and needy people. Alternate translation: “oppressed people, needy people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

the disheartened

(Some words not found in UHB: for which/who not remember to_make kindness and,pursued (a)_man poor and,needy and,despondent_of heart to,put_~_todeath )

This refers to people who are disheartened. Alternate translation: “disheartened people” or “people who have lost hope”

to death

(Some words not found in UHB: for which/who not remember to_make kindness and,pursued (a)_man poor and,needy and,despondent_of heart to,put_~_todeath )

“until they died.” This means that he harassed them until they died.

Parallel PSA 109:16