PSA 138:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I will bow down toward your sacred temple,
⇔ and I’ll thank you for your loyal commitment and for your trustworthiness,
⇔ because you’ve made your reputation and your message more important than anything else.

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 Σὺ ἔγνως τὴν καθέδραν μου, καὶ τὴν ἔγερσίν μου· σὺ συνῆκας τοὺς διαλογισμούς μου ἀπὸ μακρόθεν.
(Su egnōs taʸn kathedran mou, kai taʸn egersin mou; su sunaʸkas tous dialogismous mou apo makrothen. )

BrTr Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts [fn]long before.

ULT I will bow down toward the temple of your holiness,
⇔ and I will give thanks to your name for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness.
⇔ For you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

UST When I look toward your sacred temple, I bow down
⇔ and thank you because you faithfully love us and do all that you have promised.
⇔ You have given cause for people everywhere to honor you and what you have said more than anything else.

BSB I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
⇔ 

OEB and prostrate before your holy temple,
⇔ will praise your name for your constant love,
⇔ for you have exulted your promise above all.

WEBBE I will bow down towards your holy temple,
⇔ and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth;
⇔ for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will bow down toward your holy temple,
⇔ and give thanks to your name,
⇔ because of your loyal love and faithfulness,
⇔ for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

LSV I bow myself toward Your holy temple,
And I confess Your Name,
For Your kindness, and for Your truth,
For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.

FBV I bow down before your holy Temple, and I am thankful because of who you are—for your trustworthy love and faithfulness—and for the fact that your promises are even greater than what people expect of you.[fn]

138:2 Following the thought that here the reference is to “name” as “reputation.”

T4T I bow down while I look towards your sacred temple,
⇔ and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love us and faithfully do all that you have promised.
⇔ You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.

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BBE I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.

Moff I bow before thy sacred shrine
⇔ to praise thee for thy love so true,
⇔ that far excels all ever known of thee;

JPS I will bow down toward Thy holy temple, and give thanks unto Thy name for Thy mercy and for Thy truth; for Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name.

ASV I will worship toward thy holy temple,
⇔ And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
⇔ For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

DRA Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.

YLT I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

Drby I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

RV I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
(I will worship toward thy/your holy temple, and give thanks unto thy/your name for thy/your loving-kindness and for thy/your truth: for thou/you hast magnified thy/your word above all thy/your name. )

SLT I will worship to thy holy temple, and I will praise thy name for thy mercy and for thy truth: for thou didst magnify thy word over all thy name.

Wbstr I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

KJB-1769 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
(I will worship toward thy/your holy temple, and praise thy/your name for thy/your loving-kindness and for thy/your truth: for thou/you hast magnified thy/your word above all thy/your name. )

KJB-1611 I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name, for thy louing kindnesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy word aboue all thy name.
(I will worship towards thy/your holy temple, and praise thy/your name, for thy/your loving-kindness and for thy/your truth: for thou/you hast magnified thy/your word above all thy/your name.)

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Gnva I will worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.
(I will worship toward thine/your holy Temple and praise thy/your Name, because of thy/your loving-kindness and for thy/your truth: for thou/you hast magnified thy/your Name above all things by thy/your word. )

Cvdl No Cvdl PSA book available

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ClVg tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.
(you(sg) you_knew sessionem of_mine and resurrection of_mine. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT PSA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

I will bow down

(Some words not found in UHB: bow_down to/towards temple_of holy_of,your and,give_thanks DOM your(ms)=name on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in steadfast_love_of,your and,for faithfulness_of,your that/for/because/then/when exalted on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every name_of,your word_of,your )

Bowing down is a symbolic action that represents worship and giving honor. Alternate translation: “I will worship you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

give thanks to your name

Here the word “name” represents Yahweh himself. Alternate translation: “give thanks to you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word faithfulness, you could express the same idea with an adjective. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word trustworthiness, you could express the same idea with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: “because you are faithful to your covenant and you are worthy of people trusting you”

your word

Alternate translation: “what you have said” or “your commands and promises”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

your name

This could mean: (1) “yourself” or (2) “your fame.”

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