PSA 11:2 Parallel Verse View

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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 Σῶσον με Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος, ὅτι ὠλιγώθησαν αἱ ἀλήθειαι ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
(Sōson me Kurie, hoti ekleloipen hosios, hoti ōligōthaʸsan hai alaʸtheiai apo tōn huiōn tōn anthrōpōn. )

BrTr Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for [fn]truth is diminished from among the children of men.

ULT For see! The wicked prepare their bows.
⇔ They make ready their arrows on the strings
⇔ to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart.

UST It is true that wicked people have hidden in the darkness,
⇔ that they have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows
⇔ to shoot them at people who honor Yahweh.

BSB For behold, the wicked bend their bows.
⇔ They set their arrow on the string
⇔ to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

OEB ⇔ ‘See! The wicked are bending the bow,
⇔ their arrow is set on the string,
⇔ to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

WEBBE For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.
⇔ They set their arrows on the strings,
⇔ that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For look, the wicked prepare their bows,
⇔ they put their arrows on the strings,
⇔ to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

LSV For behold, the wicked bend a bow,
They have prepared their arrow on the string,
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

FBV Look, the wicked are drawing their bows, loading them with arrows ready to shoot from the shadows at good people.

T4T because wicked people have hidden in the darkness,
⇔ they have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows
⇔ to shoot them at godly/righteous [IDM] people like you.

LEB • [fn] They have fitted their arrow to the string,
• to shoot from the darkness
• at the upright of heart.

11:? Literally “tread the bow,” that is, placing the foot on the bow to bend and string it

BBE See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

Moff Look, impious men bend their bow,
⇔ their arrow is on the string,
⇔ to shoot in the dark at the upright!

JPS For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

ASV For, lo, the wicked bend the bow,
⇔ They make ready their arrow upon the string,
⇔ That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

DRA Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

YLT For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Drby For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

RV For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Wbstr For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

KJB-1769 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.[fn]
(For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily/secretly shoot at the upright in heart. )

11.2 privily: Heb. in darkness

KJB-1611 [fn]For loe, the wicked bende their bow, they make ready their arrow vpon the string: that they may priuily shoote at the vpright in heart.
(For lo, the wicked bende their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string: that they may privily/secretly shoot at the upright in heart.)

11:2 Hebr. in darknesse.

Bshps For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart.
(For lo, the ungodly have bende their bowe: and nocked their arrows with the string, redy to shoot privily/secretly at them which are upright in heart.)

Gnva For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
(For lo, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrows upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at them, which are upright in heart. )

Cvdl For lo, the vngodly haue bet their bowe, and made redy their arowes in the quyuer: that they maye priuely shute at them, which are true of herte.
(For lo, the ungodly have bet their bowe, and made redy their arrows in the quyuer: that they may priuely shute at them, which are true of heart.)

Wycl Lord, make thou me saaf, for the hooli failide; for treuthis ben maad litle fro the sones of men.
(Lord, make thou/you me safe, for the holy failede; for treuthis been made little from the sons of men.)

Luth Denn siehe, die GOttlosen spannen den Bogen und legen ihre Pfeile auf die Sehne, damit heimlich zu schießen die Frommen.
(Because look, the Godlosen spannen the Bogen and place their/her Pfeile on/in/to the Sehne, with_it/so_that heimlich to schießen the Frommen.)

ClVg [Salvum me fac, Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.[fn]
([Salvum me fac, Master, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ are veritates from childrens of_men. )

11.2 Salvum me fac. Revocat autem a falsitatibus sæculi ad eloquia Dei, ubi salus, a perversitate sæculi petit salvari. Quoniam defecit. CASS. Exponit quæ timuit multa: congregans in unum, ut sit major vis. Sanctus. Ibid. Deus, qui ubique præsens, quantum ad homines defecit, qui in eum non credunt.

11.2 Salvum me fac. Revocat however from falsitatibus sæculi to elobecause of_God, where salus, from perversitate sæculi petit salvari. Since defecit. CASS. Exponit which timuit multa: congregans in one, as let_it_be mayor vis. Sanctus. Ibid. God, who ubique præsens, quantum to homines defecit, who in him not/no credunt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה

that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see!

This phrase is used to draw attention to what follows. Use a natural way in your language to emphasize the importance of the next statement. Alternate translation: “Look!”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

יִדְרְכ֬וּ⁠ן קֶ֗שֶׁת כּוֹנְנ֣וּ חִצָּ֣⁠ם עַל־יֶ֑תֶר

bend, bow fitted arrow_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in string

A bow is a weapon made of a curved piece of wood with a string stretched between the ends. When someone is preparing to use a bow they will hook the string to both ends, bending the bow and causing the string to be very tight. An arrow is a thin shaft with a sharp point that is shot from a bow. The opposite end from the sharp point has a notch that a person places on the bowstring and pulls back. When he releases it the arrow will fly toward the target. If your readers would not be familiar with these items, you could use the names of similar weapons from your culture or describe them. Alternate translation: “The wicked prepare their weapons. They get ready”

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