PSA 18:20 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Yahweh has rewarded me because I’ve done nothing wrong.
⇔ ≈ He has restored me because I’m innocent.

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 (PSA 17:21) Καὶ ἀνταποδώσει μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἀνταποδώσει μοι.
(Kai antapodōsei moi Kurios kata taʸn dikaiosunaʸn mou, kai kata taʸn kathariotaʸta tōn ⱪeirōn mou antapodōsei moi.)

BrTr (PSA 17:21) And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

SLBL And he brought me out into relief.
He delivered me. For he is pleased with me. ‡

ULT Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands he has given back to me.

UST Yahweh, you did good things for me because I did what was right. I did not harm my enemies, so you made sure that they did not harm me.

BSB & MSB The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
⇔ He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands

OEB ⇔ The Lord repays my innocence,
⇔ he rewards my cleanness of hands.

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness.
⇔ According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.

NET The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds;
⇔ he rewarded my blameless behavior.

LSV YHWH repays me
According to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands,
He returns to me.

FBV The Lord rewarded me because I do what's right; he repaid me because I am innocent.[fn]

18:20 Literally, “because of the cleanness of my hands.”

T4T ⇔ Yahweh has rewarded me because I do what is right;
⇔ he has blessed me because I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►.

LEB • Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
• According to the cleanness of my hands
• he has repaid me.

BBE The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

Moff ⇔ The Eternal deals with me as I am upright,
⇔ he recompenses me for my clean life;

JPS (PSA 18:21) (18-22) For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

ASV Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;
⇔ According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

DRA (PSA 17:21) And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:

YLT Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

Drby Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

RV The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
(The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath/has he recompensed me.)

SLT Jehovah will recompense me according to my justice, according to the cleanness of my hands he will turn back to me.

Wbstr The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

KJB-1769 ⇔ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
( ⇔ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath/has he recompensed me.)

KJB-1611 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, according to the cleannesse of my hands hath hee recompensed me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me.
(God rewarded me after my righteous dealing: according to the cleanness of mine hands he recompensed me.)

Gnva The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:
(The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the pureness of mine hands he recompensed me:)

Cvdl The LORDE shall rewarde me after my rightuous dealynge, & acordinge to the clenesse of my hodes shal he recopense me.
(The LORD shall reward me after my righteous dealing, and according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recopense me.)

Wycl (PSA 17:21) And the Lord schal yelde to me bi my riytfulnesse; and he schal yelde to me bi the clennesse of myn hondis.
(And the Lord shall yield to me by my rightfulness/righteousness; and he shall yield to me by the cleanness of mine hands.)

Luth (PSA 18:21) Der HErr tut wohl an mir nach meiner Gerechtigkeit; er vergilt mir nach der Reinigkeit meiner Hände.
(The LORD does probably/well at/to to_me after mine justice; he repaid to_me after the/of_the cleanliness mine hands.)

ClVg (PSA 17:21) et retribuet mihi Dominus secundum justitiam meam, et secundum puritatem manuum mearum retribuet mihi:[fn]
(and will_repay to_me Master after/second justice of_mine, and after/second purity hands of_mine will_repay to_me:)

17.21 Et retribuet secundum justitiam bonæ voluntatis. Et secundum puritatem manuum Ibid. opera, quæ sunt post prima beneficia Dei, scilicet fidem et charitatem, quæ gratuito sine præcedenti merito Deus præstat.

17.21 And will_repay after/second justice good of_will. And after/second purity hands There. works, which are after the_first benefits of_God, namely faith and charity, which freely without to_the_previous_one deservedly God provides.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יִגְמְלֵ֣⁠נִי יְהוָ֣ה כְּ⁠צִדְקִ֑⁠י כְּ⁠בֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗⁠י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽ⁠י

he,dealt_with_me YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: he,dealt_with_me YHWH according,to_of,my_righteousness according,to_the_cleanness_of my_hands_of,my repaid to=me )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; yes, according to the cleanness of my hands he has given back to me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כְּ⁠צִדְקִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: he,dealt_with_me YHWH according,to_of,my_righteousness according,to_the_cleanness_of my_hands_of,my repaid to=me )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [according to the right things I have done] or [because I have acted righteously]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כְּ⁠בֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: he,dealt_with_me YHWH according,to_of,my_righteousness according,to_the_cleanness_of my_hands_of,my repaid to=me )

David is speaking of his actions as if they were his hands, which could be physically clean or dirty. He means that his behavior has been morally pure. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly here and in [verse 25](../028/025.md). Alternate translation: [according to the innocence of my actions]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: he,dealt_with_me YHWH according,to_of,my_righteousness according,to_the_cleanness_of my_hands_of,my repaid to=me )

David is using he has given back to me as a common expression of his culture to mean “he has treated me in the same way.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he has treated me in the same way]

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