PSA 114:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Tremble, earth, before the master—
⇔ ≈ at the presence of Yakov’s god.

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 Ἐπίστρεψον ψυχή μου εἰς τὴν ἀνάπαυσίν σου, ὅτι Κύριος εὐηργέτησέ σε.
(Epistrepson psuⱪaʸ mou eis taʸn anapausin sou, hoti Kurios euaʸrgetaʸse se.)

BrTr Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.

ULT Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
⇔ at the presence of the God of Jacob.

UST I would reply, “The earth trembles because the Lord is there!
⇔ Everyone should tremble because of the presence of the God whom Jacob worshiped!”

BSB Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
⇔ at the presence of the God of Jacob,

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB ⇔ Earth, tremble before the Lord,
⇔ at the presence of Jacob’s God,

WEBBE Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord,
⇔ at the presence of the God of Jacob,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –
⇔ before the God of Jacob,

LSV From before the Lord be afraid, O earth,
From before the God of Jacob,

FBV Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in the presence of the God of Jacob!

T4T ⇔ I would reply that it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen!
⇔ Everyone/Everything on the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom ◄Jacob worshiped/the Israeli people worship►!

LEB • At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,[fn]
• at the presence of the God of Jacob,

114:? Or “O land”

BBE Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

Moff ⇔ Aye, tremble, earth, at the Eternal’s presence,
⇔ before Jacob’s God,

JPS Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

ASV Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,
⇔ At the presence of the God of Jacob,

DRA Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

YLT From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,

Drby Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the [fn]God of Jacob,

114.7 Eloah

RV Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
(Tremble, thou/you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;)

SLT From the face of Jehovah tremble thou earth; from the face of the God of Jacob;

Wbstr Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

KJB-1769 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
(Tremble, thou/you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;)

KJB-1611 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the LORD: at the presence of the God of Iacob:
(Tremble thou/you earth at the presence of the LORD: at the presence of the God of Yacob:)

Bshps Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde: at the presence of the Lorde of Iacob.
(Tremble thou/you earth at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of Yacob.)

Gnva The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Iaakob,
(The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Yacob,)

Cvdl The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE, at the presence of the God of Iacob.
(The earth trembled at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Yacob.)

Wycl Mi soule, turne thou in to thi reste; for the Lord hath do wel to thee.
(My soul, turn thou/you in to thy/your rest; for the Lord hath/has do well to thee/you.)

Luth Vor dem HErr’s bebete die Erde, vor dem GOtt Jakobs,
(Before/In_front_of to_him LORD’s pray the earth/land/ground, before/in_front_of to_him God Yakobs,)

ClVg Convertere, anima mea, in requiem tuam, quia Dominus benefecit tibi:[fn]
(Convert, the_soul my, in/into/on rest/repose your(sg), because Master he_did_well to_you:)

114.7 Convertere. ID. Non meritis vel viribus tuis, sed quia Dominus benefecit tibi.

114.7 Convert. ID. Not/No merits or with_strength yours, but because Master he_did_well to_you.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: from=to/for=face/front/presence master tremble earth from=to/for=face/front/presence god_of Yaakob )

The psalmist has asked in the previous verse why the mountains and hills moved, so this verse provides the answer: it is because of the presence of the Lord. But this verse also is an exhortation to the people who live on the earth to tremble with respect before the powerful God of Jacob. So earth here probably refers both to the physical earth and to the people who live on it. You may want to use the parallel structure to bring out both meanings. Alternate translation: [Tremble, earth, from to the face of the Lord, you people of earth, from to the face of the God of Jacob]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: from=to/for=face/front/presence master tremble earth from=to/for=face/front/presence god_of Yaakob )

These two phrases from to the face of the Lord and from to the face of the God of Jacob mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation as modeled in the UST. If, however, it would be more clear in your language, you could combine the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Tremble, earth, from to the face of the Lord, the mighty God of Jacob]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ

tremble earth

The psalmist is speaking to the earth that he knows cannot hear him. He is doing this to communicate to the people listening to him that he feels very strongly about God’s awesome power and presence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these words as if he were speaking directly to the people about the earth. Alternate translation: [The earth must tremble]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: from=to/for=face/front/presence master tremble earth from=to/for=face/front/presence god_of Yaakob )

The psalmist is using from to the face of as a common expression of the culture to mean “because of the presence of” or “on account of the presence of.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [because of the presence of the Lord] or [on account of the Lord’s presence]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִ֝⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: from=to/for=face/front/presence master tremble earth from=to/for=face/front/presence god_of Yaakob )

The psalmist is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [tremble, earth, from to the face of the God of Jacob]

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