PSA 142:5 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 Ἐμνήσθην ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων· καὶ ἐμελέτησα ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, ἐν ποιήμασι τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐμελέτων.
(Emnaʸsthaʸn haʸmerōn arⱪaiōn; kai emeletaʸsa en pasi tois ergois sou, en poiaʸmasi tōn ⱪeirōn sou emeletōn. )

BrTr I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

ULT I called out to you, Yahweh;
⇔ I said, “You are my refuge,
⇔ my portion in the land of the living.

UST So Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me;
⇔ you are the one who protects me;
⇔ you are all that I need while I am alive.

BSB ⇔ I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge,
⇔ my portion in the land of the living.”

OEB ⇔ So I cry to you, O Lord:
⇔ I say, ‘My refuge are you,
⇔ all I have in the land of the living.’

WEBBE I cried to you, LORD.
⇔ I said, “You are my refuge,
⇔ my portion in the land of the living.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I cry out to you, O Lord;
⇔ I say, “You are my shelter,
⇔ my security in the land of the living.”

LSV I have cried to you, O YHWH,
I have said, “You [are] my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.”

FBV I cry out to you, Lord, for help, saying, “You are the one who keeps me safe; you are all I need in life.[fn]

142:5 Literally, “you are my portion in the land of the living.”

T4T ⇔ So Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me;
⇔ you are the one who protects me;
⇔ and you are all that I need while I am alive.

LEB • I say, “You are my refuge,
• my portion in the land of the living.”

BBE I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

Moff I say, “Thou art my help,
⇔ I have thee, in the land of the living.

JPS (142-6) I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'

ASV I cried unto thee, O Jehovah;
⇔ I said, Thou art my refuge,
⇔ My portion in the land of the living.

DRA I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.

YLT I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

Drby I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

RV I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Wbstr I cried to thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

KJB-1769 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
(I cried unto thee/you, O LORD: I said, Thou/you art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. )

KJB-1611 I cried vnto thee, O LORD, I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I cryed vnto thee O God, and sayde: thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng.
(I cried unto thee/you O God, and said: thou/you art my hope and my portion in the land of the living.)

Gnva Then cryed I vnto thee, O Lord, and sayde, thou art mine hope, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
(Then cried I unto thee/you, O Lord, and said, thou/you art mine hope, and my portion in the land of the living. )

Cvdl Cosidre my complaynte, for I am brought very lowe.
(Cosidre my complaint, for I am brought very lowe.)

Wycl I was myndeful of elde daies, Y bithouyte in alle thi werkis; Y bithouyte in the dedis of thin hondis.
(I was myndeful of old days, I bithouyte in all thy/your works; I bithouyte in the dedis of thin hands.)

Luth Schaue zur Rechten, und siehe, da will mich niemand kennen. Ich kann nicht entfliehen; niemand nimmt sich meiner SeeLE an.
(Schaue to law/righten, and look, there will me no_one kennen. I kann not entfliehen; no_one nimmt itself/yourself/themselves mine SeeLE an.)

ClVg Memor fui dierum antiquorum; meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis: in factis manuum tuarum meditabar.
(Memor fui dierum antiquorum; meditatus I_am in to_all operibus tuis: in factis manuum of_yours meditabar. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

called out to you

(Some words not found in UHB: look right and,see and,no to=me takes_notice there_is_no refuge for,me not cares for,soul_of,my )

This is a call for help. Alternate translation: “called to you now for help”

my portion

(Some words not found in UHB: look right and,see and,no to=me takes_notice there_is_no refuge for,me not cares for,soul_of,my )

This could mean: (1) “all I want” or (2) “all I need” or (3) “all I have.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

in the land of the living

(Some words not found in UHB: look right and,see and,no to=me takes_notice there_is_no refuge for,me not cares for,soul_of,my )

This idiom refers to a person being alive, as opposed to a person who is dead and in the place of the dead. Alternate translation: “while I am living”

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