PSA 120:2 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).

BrLXX Ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.
(Haʸ boaʸtheia mou para Kuriou tou poiaʸsantos ton ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn. )

ULT Rescue my life, Yahweh, from a lip of falsehood,
⇔ from a tongue of deceit.

UST I prayed,
⇔ “Yahweh, save me from those who lie to me and try to deceive me!”

OEB ‘Deliver me, Lord,
⇔ from the lip that is false
⇔ and the tongue that is crafty.’

WEBBE Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips,
⇔ from a deceitful tongue.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I said, “O Lord, rescue me
⇔ from those who lie with their lips
⇔ and those who deceive with their tongue.

LSV O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip,
From a deceitful tongue!

FBV Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

T4T I prayed,
⇔ “Yahweh, rescue/save me from people [SYN, MTY] who lie to me and try to deceive me!”

LEB • from a deceitful tongue.”

BBE O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

Moff “Save me from lying lips and crafty tongues!”

JPS O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

ASV Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips,
⇔ And from a deceitful tongue.

DRA My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

YLT O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

Drby Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

RV Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Wbstr Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

KJB-1769 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

KJB-1611 Deliuer my soule, O LORD, from lying lips: and from a deceitfull tongue.
(Deliuer my soul, O LORD, from lying lips: and from a deceitfull tongue.)

Bshps Deliuer my soule O God from false lyppes: & from a deceiptful tongue.
(Deliuer my soul O God from false lyppes: and from a deceiptful tongue.)

Gnva Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.
(Deliuer my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitfull tongue. )

Cvdl Delyuer my soule (o LORDE) fro lyenge lippes, & fro a disceatfull toge.
(Delyuer my soul (o LORD) from lyenge lips, and from a deceitfull toge.)

Wycl Myn help is of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe.
(Myn help is of the Lord; that made heaven and earth.)

Luth HErr, errette meine SeeLE von den Lügenmäulern und von den falschen Zungen!
(LORD, errette my SeeLE from the Lügenmäulern and from the falschen Zungen!)

ClVg Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit cælum et terram.
(Auxilium mine from Master, who he_did the_sky and the_earth/land. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

הַצִּ֣ילָ⁠ה נַ֭פְשִׁ⁠י

deliver, life_of,my

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. Use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: “Please rescue my life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַ֭פְשִׁ⁠י & נַ֭פְשִׁ⁠י

life_of,my & (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH deliver, life_of,my from,lips_of lying from,tongue_of deceitful )

See the general notes for how to translate my life. Alternate translation: “me … I”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַ֭פְשִׁ⁠י & נַ֭פְשִׁ⁠י

life_of,my & (Some words not found in UHB: YHWH deliver, life_of,my from,lips_of lying from,tongue_of deceitful )

See the general notes for how to translate my life. Alternate translation: “me … I”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מִ⁠שְּׂפַת־שֶׁ֑קֶר מִ⁠לָּשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה

from,lips_of lying from,tongue_of deceitful

The author is using lips and tongue to represent speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from people speaking falsehood and from people speaking deceit”

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