PSA 28:8 Parallel Verse View

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Key: green:YHWH.
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ULT Yahweh is the strength of his people,
⇔ and he is the saving refuge of his anointed one.

UST Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us;
⇔ he saves me, the one he appointed to be king.

BSB ⇔ The LORD is the strength of His people,
⇔ a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

OEB ⇔ The Lord is the strength of his people,
⇔ the fortress who saves his anointed.

WEBBE The LORD is their strength.
⇔ He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord strengthens his people;
⇔ he protects and delivers his chosen king.

LSV YHWH [is] strength to him,
Indeed, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He.

FBV The Lord gives strength to his people; he is a safe refuge for the one he has anointed.[fn]

28:8 In context this probably referred to Israel's king.

T4T ⇔ Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us;
⇔ and he saves me, the one he appointed [MTY] to be king.

LEB • is their strength, and he is the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one.

BBE The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

Moff to the Eternal, the strength of his people, a saving stronghold for his chosen.

JPS The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

ASV Jehovah is their strength,
⇔ And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

DRA The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

YLT Jehovah [is] strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He.

Drby Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

RV The LORD is their strength, and he is a strong hold of salvation to his anointed.

Wbstr The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

KJB-1769 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.[fn][fn]

28.8 their: or, his

28.8 saving…: Heb. strength of salvations

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]The LORD is their strength, and hee is the sauing strength of his Anointed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

28:8 Or, his strength.

28:8 Hebr. strength of saluations.

Bshps God is their strength: and the strength that saueth his annoynted.
(God is their strength: and the strength that saueth his anointed.)

Gnva The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuerances of his anointed.
(The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliverances of his anointed. )

Cvdl The LORDE is my stregth and my shylde: my herte hoped in him, & I am helped: therfore my hert dauseth for ioye, and I will synge prayses vnto him.
(The LORD is my stregth and my shylde: my heart hoped in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart dauseth for ioye, and I will sing prayses unto him.)

Wyc the vois of the Lord schakynge desert; and the Lord schal stire togidere the desert of Cades.
(the voice of the Lord schakynge desert; and the Lord shall stire together the desert of Cades.)

Luth Der HErr ist ihre Stärke; er ist die Stärke, die seinem Gesalbten hilft.
(The LORD is their/her Stärke; he is the Stärke, the his Gesalbten hilft.)

ClVg vox Domini concutientis desertum: et commovebit Dominus desertum Cades.
(vox Master concutientis desert: and commovebit Master desert Cades. )

BrTr A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades.

BrLXX Φωνὴ Κυρίου συσσείοντος ἔρημον, συνσσείσει Κύριος τὴν ἔρημον Κάδης.
(Fōnaʸ Kuriou susseiontos eraʸmon, sunsseisei Kurios taʸn eraʸmon Kadaʸs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

Yahweh is the strength of his people

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength of, and,refuge salvation anointed,his he/it )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word strength, you could express the same idea with a verbal form such as “strong.” Alternate translation: “Yahweh makes his people strong”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

he is the saving refuge of his anointed one

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength of, and,refuge salvation anointed,his he/it )

Yahweh keeping the king safe is spoken of as if Yahweh were a place that the king could go for safety. Alternate translation: “he keeps safe the one he appointed to be king”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

his anointed one

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength of, and,refuge salvation anointed,his he/it )

The represents the king.

Parallel PSA 28:8