PSA 11:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song by David.
⇔ I’ve taken refuge in Yahweh.
⇔ How can you tell me,
⇔ Flutter away to your mountain like a bird?

11:1 Note: KJB: Ps.11.1

11:1 OSHB variant note: נודו: (x-qere) ’נ֝֗וּדִי’: lemma_5110 n_0.0 morph_HVqv2fs id_195pP נ֝֗וּדִי

11:2 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

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).

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀγδόης, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ.
( Eis to telos, huper taʸs ogdoaʸs, psalmos tōi Dawid. )

ULT For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
⇔ To the director. Of David.
⇔ In Yahweh I have taken refuge.
⇔ How will you say to myself,
⇔ “Flutter away like a bird to your mountain”?

UST A psalm written by David for the choir director
⇔ I trust that Yahweh will protect me.
⇔ So I do not fly off to the mountains like birds do.

BSB For the choirmaster. Of David.
⇔ In the LORD I take refuge.
⇔ How then can you say to me:
⇔ “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

OEB For the leader. Of David.
⇔ In the Lord I take refuge.
⇔ How can you tell me
⇔ to flee like a bird to the mountains?

WEBBE For the Chief Musician. By David.
⇔ In the LORD, I take refuge.
⇔ How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the music director; by David.
⇔ In the Lord I have taken shelter.
⇔ How can you say to me,
⇔ “Flee to a mountain like a bird!

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. In YHWH I trusted, how do you say to my soul, “They moved to your mountain [as] the bird?”

FBV For the music director: A psalm of David.
⇔ Lord, you are my protection. So how can you tell me, “Fly away to the mountains like a bird”?

T4T I trust that Yahweh will protect [MTY] me.
⇔ So do not [RHQ] say to me, “You need to escape/flee to the mountains like birds do,

LEB • In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul,
• “Flee to your mountain like a bird”?

BBE For the chief music-maker. Of David.
⇔ In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. A song of David.
⇔ With the Eternal I take shelter; how dare you tell me, then,
⇔ “Be off, like a bird to the hills!

JPS For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In the LORD have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

ASV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ In Jehovah do I take refuge:
⇔ How say ye to my soul,
⇔ Flee as a bird to your mountain;

DRA Unto the end; for the octave, a psalm for David.

YLT To the Overseer. — By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved [to] Thy mountain for the bird?

Drby To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David.
⇔ In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?

RV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

Wbstr To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
⇔ In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
⇔ In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye/you_all to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? )

KJB-1611 ¶ To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ In the LORD put I my trust: how say yee to my soule, Flee as a bird to your mountaine?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. In God I put my trust: howe say ye then to my soule, that she shoulde flee as a byrde from your hyll.
(To the chief musician, a psalm of David. In God I put my trust: how say ye/you_all then to my soul, that she should flee as a byrde from your hyll.)

Gnva To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. In the Lord put I my trust: howe say yee then to my soule, Flee to your mountaine as a birde?
(To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David. In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye/you_all then to my soul, Flee to your mountain as a birde? )

Cvdl In the LORDE put I my trust: how will ye then saye to my soule: that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill?
(In the LORD put I my trust: how will ye/you_all then say to my soul: that she should flee as a byrde upon your(pl) hill?)

Wycl The title of the eleuenthe salm. To the victorie on the eiyte, the song of Dauid.
(The title of the eleventh psalm. To the victory on the eight, the song of David.)

Luth Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen. Ich traue auf den HErr’s. Wie saget ihr denn zu meiner SeeLE, sie soll fliegen wie ein Vogel auf eure Berge?
(A Psalm Davids, to_sing_to. I traue on/in/to the LORD’s. How saget you/their/her because to mine SeeLE, they/she/them should fliegen as/like a Vogel on/in/to your Berge?)

ClVg In finem, pro octava. Psalmus David.[fn]
(In finem, for octava. Psalmus David. )

11.1 Pro octava. CASS. Pro octava, quia hic petit propheta iniquitatem mundi destrui, ut ad veritatem promissionis futuræ perveniat. AUG. Octava pro die judicii, sicut in sexto psalmo dictum est.

11.1 Pro octava. CASS. Pro octava, because this petit a_prophet iniquitatem mundi destrui, as to words promissionis futuræ perveniat. AUG. Octava for day yudicii, like in sexto psalmo dictum it_is.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בַּֽ⁠יהוָ֨ה ׀ חָסִ֗יתִי

in/on/at/with,LORD take_refuge

Here, the author speaks of going to Yahweh for protection as if Yahweh were a safe place to hide. Use a natural way in your language to express seeking protection. Alternate translation: “I have gone to Yahweh for safety” or “I rely on Yahweh to protect me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אֵ֭יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ לְ⁠נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י

how say to,soul_of,my

The author uses this question to express shock, not to ask for information. If your language does not use questions this way, you can translate it as a statement. Alternate translation: “I cannot believe you would say to me” or “You should not say to me”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נ֝֗וּדִי הַרְ⁠כֶ֥ם צִפּֽוֹר

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director of,David in/on/at/with,LORD take_refuge how say to,soul_of,my flee mountain_of,your_all's bird )

The author compares fleeing from danger to a bird flying away. This was a typical image used for a king when another king surrounded his city to attack it (a siege). If this image is unclear in your language, you can state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Escape to the mountains for safety like a bird fleeing danger” or “Run away to your mountain hideout”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

נ֝֗וּדִי הַרְ⁠כֶ֥ם צִפּֽוֹר

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director of,David in/on/at/with,LORD take_refuge how say to,soul_of,my flee mountain_of,your_all's bird )

Here, bird is placed at the end of the phrase as a form of address, even though it's the subject of the action. This word order may sound unnatural in some languages. If needed, you can rearrange the words to follow a more natural order in your language. Alternate translation: “Bird, flutter away to your mountain!” or “You should flutter away to your mountain like a bird!”

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