PSA 141:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Keep me from the trap that they’ve laid for me—
⇔ from the nets of those who do evil.

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).

ULT Keep me from the hands of the snare that they have laid for me,
⇔ from the traps of evildoers.

UST People who do evil things are trying to trick me and destroy me.
⇔ It is as though they have laid out snares and set traps for me.
⇔ Please keep me safe from what they are trying to do to me.

BSB Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
⇔ and from the lures of evildoers.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Keep me safe from the trap they have laid for me,
⇔ from the snares of the workers of trouble.

WEBBE Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
⇔ from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,
⇔ and the traps the evildoers have set.

LSV Keep me from the trap they laid for me,
Even snares of workers of iniquity.

FBV Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.

T4T It is as though people have set traps for me;
⇔ protect me from falling into those traps,
⇔ It is as though they have spread nets to catch me;
⇔ keep me from being caught in those nets.

LEB • Protect me from the grasp[fn] of the trap they have laid for me,
• and from the snares of evildoers.

141:? Literally “hand”

BBE Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

Moff Save me from the snare they laid,
⇔ from evildoers and their trap;

JPS Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

ASV Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
⇔ And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

DRA No DRA PSA 141:9 verse available

YLT Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

Drby Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

RV Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

SLT Watch me from the hands of the snare they will lay for me, and the snares of those working iniquity.

Wbstr Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

KJB-1769 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

KJB-1611 Keepe mee from the snare which they haue laide for me, and the grinnes of the workers of iniquitie.
(Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the grinnes of the workers of iniquity.)

Bshps Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde foorth for me: and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquitie.
(Keep me from the snare which they have laid forth for me: and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquity.)

Gnva Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie.
(Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquity.)

Cvdl But myne eyes loke vnto ye, o LORDE God: in the is my trust, oh cast not out my soule.
(But mine eyes look unto ye/you_all, o LORD God: in the is my trust, oh cast not out my soul.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 141:9 verse available

Luth Bewahre mich vor dem Stricke, den sie mir gelegt haben, und vor der Falle der Übeltäter.
(Preserve/Keep/Retain me before/in_front_of to_him rope/cord, the they/she/them to_me placed have, and before/in_front_of the/of_the Falle the/of_the evil-doer.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 141:9 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

שָׁמְרֵ֗⁠נִי מִ֣⁠ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: keep,me from_[the],hands_of trap laid to=me and_[the],snares_of do_of iniquity )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then 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 keep me from the hands of the snare they have laid for me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן

trap laid to=me and_[the],snares_of (Some words not found in UHB: keep,me from_[the],hands_of trap laid to=me and_[the],snares_of do_of iniquity )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of phrases in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [all the traps that evildoers have set to catch me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ֣⁠ידֵי פַ֭ח

from_[the],hands_of trap

Here David is speaking as if the snare had hands that could grab and hold him. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the grip of the snare] or [the power of the snare]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑⁠י

laid to=me

The pronoun they refers to the doers of evil mentioned later in the verse as “the workers of evil.” It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the workers of evil have laid for me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ֝⁠מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן

and_[the],snares_of (Some words not found in UHB: keep,me from_[the],hands_of trap laid to=me and_[the],snares_of do_of iniquity )

David 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: [and keep me from the traps of the workers of evil]

Parallel PSA 141:9