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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 Αἴνεσις τοῦ Δαυίδ.
¶ Ὑψώσω σε, ὁ Θεός μου ὁ βασιλεύς μου, καὶ εὐλογήσω τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.
( Ainesis tou Dawid.
¶ Hupsōsō se, ho Theos mou ho basileus mou, kai eulogaʸsō to onoma sou eis ton aiōna kai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos. )

BrTr David's Psalm of praise.
¶ I will exalt thee, my God, my king; and I will bless thy name [fn]for ever and ever.

144:1 Lit. to the age, and to the age of the age.

ULT A psalm of David.
⇔ Of David. Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,
⇔ who trains my hands for war
⇔ and my fingers for battle.

UST Written by David
⇔ I praise Yahweh, who is like a huge rock on which I am safe!
⇔ He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles;
⇔ he trains my fingers so that I can shoot arrows in a war.

BSB Of David.
⇔ Blessed be the LORD, my Rock,
⇔ who trains my hands for war,
⇔ my fingers for battle.

OEB Of David.
⇔ Blest be the Lord my rock,
⇔ who trains my hands for war,
⇔ my fingers for fighting.

WEBBE By David.
⇔ Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
⇔ who trains my hands to war,
⇔ and my fingers to battle—

WMBB (Same as above)

NET By David.
⇔ The Lord, my protector, deserves praise –
⇔ the one who trains my hands for battle,
⇔ and my fingers for war,

LSV BY DAVID. Blessed [is] YHWH my Rock,
Who is teaching My hands for war,
My fingers for battle.

FBV A psalm of David.
⇔ Praise the Lord—he is my rock. He trains me for battle, he gives me skill for war.

T4T I praise Yahweh, who is like an overhanging rock under which I ◄get refuge/am protected►!
⇔ He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles;
⇔ he trains my fingers so that I can shoot arrows in a war.

LEB • Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle,
• my fingers for war—

BBE A Psalm. Of David.
⇔ Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

Moff A song of David.
⇔ Blest be the Eternal One, my Strength,
⇔ who trains my hands to war,
⇔ my fingers how to fight!–

JPS A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

ASV A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed be Jehovah my rock,
⇔ Who teacheth my hands to war,
⇔ And my fingers to fight:

DRA I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

YLT By David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Drby [A Psalm] of David.
⇔ Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

RV A Psalm off David.
⇔ Blessed be the LORD my rock, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Wbstr A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;

KJB-1769 A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:[fn][fn]
(A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth/teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: )

144.1 strength: Heb. rock

144.1 to war…: Heb. to the war, etc

KJB-1611 ¶ A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ Blessed be the LORD my [fn][fn]strength, which teacheth my hands to warre, and my fingers to fight.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

144:1 Hebr. my rocke.

144:1 Heb. to the warre, &c

Bshps Of Dauid. Blessed be God my rocke: who teacheth my handes to warre, and my fingers to fyght.
(Of David. Blessed be God my rock: who teacheth/teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.)

Gnva A Psalme of David. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth mine hands to fight, and my fingers to battell.
(A Psalm of David. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth/teaches mine hands to fight, and my fingers to battle. )

Cvdl Blessed be the LORDE my refuge, which teacheth my hades to warre, & my fyngers to fight.
(Blessed be the LORD my refuge, which teacheth/teaches my hades to war, and my fingers to fight.)

Wycl The title of the hundrid and foure and fourtithe salm. `The ympne of Dauith. Mi God king, Y schal enhaunse thee; and Y schal blesse thi name in to the world, and in to the world of world.
(The title of the hundred and four and fortythe psalm. `The ympne of Dauith. My God king, I shall enhance thee/you; and I shall bless thy/your name in to the world, and in to the world of world.)

Luth Ein Psalm Davids. Gelobet sei der HErr, mein Hort, der meine Hände lehret streiten und meine Fäuste kriegen,
(A Psalm Davids. Gelobet be the/of_the LORD, my Hort, the/of_the my hands lehret argue/battle and my Fäuste kriegen,)

ClVg Laudatio ipsi David. [Exaltabo te, Deus meus rex, et benedicam nomini tuo in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.[fn]
(Laudatio ipsi David. [Exaltabo you(sg), God mine rex, and benedicam to_the_name tuo in sæculum, and in sæculum sæculi. )

144.1 Laudatio ipsi David. CAS. Breviter continet hic psalmus quæ in Scripturis divinis late diffunduntur, etc., usque ad ne quis in ejus laude errare posset: AUG. Spiritu sancto implet Deus sanctos, etc., usque ad ideoque spiritus ejus in servis suis laudet eum, quia laudari se facit. CAS. Ut septem psalmi pœnitentiæ, sic et septem spiritus, juxta illud sacramentum quod præcepit Dominus Moysi in tabernaculo septem lucernas ponere, perpetuo lumine lucentes. Exaltabo te. CAS. Primo propheta promittit infinitam laudem; secundo, omnes perfecturos Dei laudem novem modis dicit, ibi, Generatio et generatio; tertio, eadem latius explicat, ibi, miserator. In sæculum sæculi. CAS. Qui hic non incipit, in futuro mutus erit.

144.1 Laudatio ipsi David. CAS. Breviter continet this psalmus which in Scripturis divinis late diffunduntur, etc., until to not who/any in his laude errare posset: AUG. Spiritu holy implet God holys, etc., until to ideoque spiritus his in servis to_his_own laudet him, because laudari se facit. CAS. Ut seven psalmi pœnitentiæ, so and seven spiritus, next_to illud sacramentum that ordered Master of_Moses in tabernaculo seven lucernas ponere, perpetuo lumine lucentes. Exaltabo you(sg). CAS. Primo a_prophet promittit infinitam laudem; secundo, everyone perfecturos of_God laudem novem modis dicit, ibi, Generatio and generatio; tertio, eadem latius explicat, ibi, miserator. In sæculum sæculi. CAS. Who this not/no incipit, in futuro mutus will_be.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David blessed YHWH rock_of,my the,trains hands_of,my for_THE,war fingers_of,my for_the,battle )

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

my rock

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David blessed YHWH rock_of,my the,trains hands_of,my for_THE,war fingers_of,my for_the,battle )

This could mean: (1) “the one who keeps me safe” or (2) “the one who gives me strength”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David blessed YHWH rock_of,my the,trains hands_of,my for_THE,war fingers_of,my for_the,battle )

The words “hands” and “fingers” are synecdoches for “me.” If “war” and “battle” are the same word in your language, you can translate this as one line. Alternate translation: “who trains me for war and trains me for battle” or “who trains me for war” (See also: figs-doublet and figs-ellipsis)

Parallel PSA 144:1

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