PSA 10:17 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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).

ULT The desire of afflicted ones, you have heard, Yahweh;
⇔ you strengthen their heart, you cause your ear to attend:

UST Yahweh, when oppressed people ask you to help, you listen
⇔ and encourage them. You pay close attention,

BSB You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble;
⇔ You will strengthen their hearts.
⇔ You will incline Your ear,

OEB ⇔ Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble,
⇔ inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,

WEBBE LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble.
⇔ You will prepare their heart.
⇔ You will cause your ear to hear,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed;
⇔ you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

LSV You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,

FBV Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.

T4T You have listened to afflicted/suffering people when they cry out to you.
⇔ You hear them when they pray, and you encourage [IDM] them.

LEB • The longing of the afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will listen attentively[fn]

10:? Literally “cause your ear to hear”

BBE Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Moff Thou hearest the desire of the afflicted,
⇔ thou heedest them, thou listenest to them,

JPS LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

ASV Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:
⇔ Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

DRA No DRA PSA 10:17 verse available

YLT The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

Drby Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

RV LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

Wbstr LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:

KJB-1769 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:[fn]
(LORD, thou/you hast heard the desire of the humble: thou/you wilt/will prepare their heart, thou/you wilt/will cause thine/your ear to hear: )

10.17 prepare: or, establish

KJB-1611 [fn]LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine eare to heare,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

10:17 Or, establish.

Bshps O God, thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted: and thou wylt settle their heart.
(O God, thou/you hast heard the desire of the afflicted: and thou/you wilt/will settle their heart.)

Gnva Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
(Lord, thou/you hast heard the desire of the poor: thou/you preparest their heart: thou/you bendest thine/your ear to them, )

Cvdl LORDE, thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore: their herte is sure, that thine eare herkeneth therto.
(LORD, thou/you hearst the desyrous longinge off the poor: their heart is sure, that thine/your ear herkeneth thereto.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 10:17 verse available

Luth Das Verlangen der Elenden hörest du, HErr; ihr Herz ist gewiß, daß dein Ohr drauf merket,
(The Verlangen the/of_the Elenden listenst you, LORD; you/their/her heart is gewiß, that your Ohr on_it merket,)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 10:17 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תַּאֲוַ֬ת עֲנָוִ֣ים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ

desire_of afflicted you(ms)_paid_attention

The implication is that the afflicted people expressed their desire for mercy to Yahweh. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “When afflicted people told you their desire for mercy, you listened to them tell you what they need”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תָּכִ֥ין לִ֝בָּ֗⁠ם

strengthen heart_of,their

A strong heart represents courage, and strengthening people’s hearts represents encouraging them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you encourage them” or “you make them confident”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

תַּקְשִׁ֥יב אָזְנֶֽ⁠ךָ

incline ear_of,your

Here, the author speaks of the ear as if it were a person who could attend (listen, or pay attention). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your ear hears” or “you listen carefully”

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