PSA 18:2 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, 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 Οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν Θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλλει τὸ στερέωμα.
(Hoi ouranoi diaʸgountai doxan Theou, poiaʸsin de ⱪeirōn autou anangellei to stereōma. )

BrTr The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

ULT Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, the one who brings me to safety; he is my God, my rock; I take refuge in him.
⇔ He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold.

UST Yahweh is like a huge rock; when I am on top of it, my enemies cannot reach me. He is like a strong fortress; I run into it to be safe.
⇔ He protects me like a shield protects a soldier; he is the one whom I trust to keep me safe; he defends me by his great power!

BSB ⇔ The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
⇔ My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
⇔ my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
⇔ my stronghold.

OEB The Lord is my rock, my fortress, deliverer,
⇔ my God, my rock, where I take refuge,
⇔ my shield, my defender, my tower.

WEBBE The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
⇔ my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
⇔ my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.
⇔ My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter,
⇔ my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

LSV YHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark,
And my deliverer,
My God [is] my rock,
I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation,
My high tower.

FBV The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior. He is my God, my rock who protects me. He shields me from harm, his power protects me,[fn] he keeps me safe.

18:2 Literally, “horn of my salvation.”

T4T ⇔ Yahweh is like an overhanging rock [DOU, MET] under which I can hide from my enemies;
⇔ he is like a strong fortress, the one who protects me;
⇔ he protects me like a shield [MET] protects a soldier;
⇔ he is the one to whom I go ◄for refuge/to be protected/safe►,
⇔ and he defends me by his great power [IDM].

LEB • is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge,
• my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.

BBE The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Moff The Eternal is my crag, my stronghold, my deliverer,
⇔ my God, my fortalice where I shelter,
⇔ my shield, my saving strength, my retreat.

JPS (18-3) The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

ASV Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
⇔ My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;
⇔ My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

DRA The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.

YLT Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

Drby Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my [fn]God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

18.2 El

RV The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Wbstr The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

KJB-1769 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.[fn]

18.2 my strength: Heb. my rock

KJB-1611 ¶ To the chiefe musicion, a psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the LORD, who spake vnto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD deliuered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will loue thee, O LORD, my strength. [fn]The LORD is my rocke, and my fortresse, and my deliuerer: my God, my strength in whome I will trust, my buckler, and the horne of my saluation, and my high tower.
(¶ To the chief musicion, a psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will love thee/you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, and my fortresse, and my deliverer: my God, my strength in whom I will trust, my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.)

18:2 Heb. my rocke.

Bshps God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge.
(God is my stony rock and my fortresse, and my deliverr: my Lord, my castell in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge.)

Gnva The Lord is my rocke, and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluation, and my refuge.
(The Lord is my rock, and my fortresse, and he that delivereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. )

Cvdl I wil prayse ye LORDE & call vpon him, so shal I be safe fro myne enemies.
(I will praise ye/you_all LORD and call upon him, so shall I be safe from mine enemies.)

Wycl Heuenes tellen out the glorie of God; and the firmament tellith the werkis of hise hondis.
(Heuenes tellen out the glory of God; and the firmament tellith the works of his hands.)

Luth und sprach: Herzlich lieb habe ich dich, HErr, meine Stärke,
(and spoke: heartlich lieb have I dich, LORD, my Stärke,)

ClVg [Cæli enarrant gloriam Dei, et opera manuum ejus annuntiat firmamentum.[fn]
([Cæli enarrant gloriam of_God, and opera manuum his annuntiat firmamentum. )

18.2 Cœli enarrant. Ibid. Primo, loquens de incarnatione, commendat prædicationem novæ legis. AUG. Cœli, apostoli, de gloria Christi in qua Patris æqualis. CASS. Vel cœli, qui stellam miserunt. Gloriam. Ibid.: Quod Deus gratis peccata dimittat. Opera. AUG. Quæ secundum hominem, etc., usque ad et ipsi eidem facti nox, tenebrosis scientiam quæ de humanis. CASS. Et hoc tam mirifice, quod in omnibus linguis; et tam late, quod in omni parte ambitus terræ.

18.2 Cœli enarrant. Ibid. Primo, loquens about incarnatione, commendat prælet_him_sayionem novæ legis. AUG. Cœli, apostoli, about glory of_Christ in which Patris æqualis. CASS. Vel cœli, who stellam miserunt. Gloriam. Ibid.: That God gratis sins dimittat. Opera. AUG. Which after/second hominem, etc., until to and ipsi eidem facti nox, tenebrosis scientiam which about humanis. CASS. And this tam mirifice, that in to_all linguis; and tam late, that in all in_part/partly ambitus terræ.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Yahweh is my rock

(Some words not found in UHB: and,said love,you YHWH strength_of,my )

David speaks of Yahweh as if he were a rock. The word “rock” is a picture of a safe place.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

my rock, my fortress

(Some words not found in UHB: and,said love,you YHWH strength_of,my )

Here the words “rock” and “fortress” share similar meanings and emphasize that Yahweh provides safety from enemies. (See also: figs-metaphor)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

take refuge in him

(Some words not found in UHB: and,said love,you YHWH strength_of,my )

Going to Yahweh for protection is spoken of as taking refuge in him. Alternate translation: “go to him for protection”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my stronghold

(Some words not found in UHB: and,said love,you YHWH strength_of,my )

David speaks of Yahweh as if he were a “shield,” “the horn” of his salvation, and his “stronghold.” Yahweh is the one who protects him from harm. Here a similar idea is repeated three ways for emphasis.

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