PSA 31:2 Parallel Verse View

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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 Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ᾧ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται Κύριος ἁμαρτίαν, οὐδέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ δόλος.
(Makarios anaʸr hō ou maʸ logisaʸtai Kurios hamartian, oude estin en tōi stomati autou dolos. )

BrTr Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and in whose mouth there is no guile.

ULT Listen to me; rescue me quickly;
⇔ be my rock of refuge,
⇔ a stronghold to save me.

UST Listen to me, and save me right now!
⇔ Be like a huge rock on which I can be safe
⇔ and like a strong fort in which I will be secure.

BSB Incline Your ear to me;
⇔ come quickly to my rescue.
⇔ Be my rock of refuge,
⇔ the stronghold of my deliverance.

OEB incline to me your ear.
⇔ Deliver me speedily.
⇔ Be to me a rock of defence,
⇔ a fortified house, to save me.

WEBBE Bow down your ear to me.
⇔ Deliver me speedily.
⇔ Be to me a strong rock,
⇔ a house of defence to save me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Listen to me!
⇔ Quickly deliver me!
⇔ Be my protector and refuge,
⇔ a stronghold where I can be safe!

LSV Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me,
Be to me for a strong rock,
For a house of bulwarks to save me.

FBV Please listen to me, and be quick to rescue me. Be my rock of protection, my strong fortress of safety.

T4T Listen to me, and save me right now!
⇔ Be like a huge rock under which I can hide [MET]
⇔ and like a strong fort in which I will be safe.

LEB • Quickly deliver me. • Become my rock of refuge, • [fn] to save me.

31:? Literally “a house of strongholds”

BBE Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

Moff Turn thine ear to me,
⇔ delay not to deliver me;
⇔ be a rock of refuge for me,
⇔ a hill-fort to protect me,

JPS (31-3) Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily; be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.

ASV Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:
⇔ Be thou to me a strong rock,
⇔ A house of defence to save me.

DRA Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

YLT Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

Drby Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

RV Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: be thou to me a strong rock, an house of defence to save me.

Wbstr Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

KJB-1769 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.[fn]
(Bow down thine/your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou/you my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. )

31.2 my…: Heb. to me for a rock of strength

KJB-1611 [fn]Bowe downe thine eare to me, deliuer me speedily: be thou my strong rocke, for an house of defence to saue me.
(Bowe down thine/your eare to me, deliver me speedily: be thou/you my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.)

31:2 Heb. to me for a rocke of strength.

Bshps Bowe downe thine eare to me, make hast to deliuer me: be vnto me a strong rocke and a house of defence, that thou mayest saue me.
(Bowe down thine/your eare to me, make hast to deliver me: be unto me a strong rock and a house of defence, that thou/you mayest/may save me.)

Gnva Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me.
(Bowe down thine/your eare to me: make haste to deliver me: be unto me a strong rock, and an house of defence to save me. )

Cvdl Bowe downe thine eare to me, make haist to delyuer me:
(Bowe down thine/your eare to me, make haste to deliver me:)

Wyc Blessid is the man, to whom the Lord arrettide not synne; nethir gile is in his spirit.
(Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord arrettide not synne; neither gile is in his spirit.)

Luth HErr, auf dich traue ich. Laß mich nimmermehr zuschanden werden; errette mich durch deine Gerechtigkeit!
(LORD, on you/yourself traue I. Let me nevermore zuschanden become; errette me through your Gerechtigkeit!)

ClVg Beatus vir cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum, nec est in spiritu ejus dolus.[fn]
(Beatus man cui not/no imputavit Master peccatum, but_not it_is in spiritu his dolus. )

31.2 Beatus vir. HIERON. Cui remittit Deus, non enim per se. Tegit, ne in judicio reveletur; et sic non imputabitur ad pœnam. Non est dolus qui se accusat: corde tenet quod ore fatetur hic. Beatus: quia olim non confitens Deo, veni in peccatum, dum clamarem, si quid boni egi.

31.2 Beatus vir. HIERON. Cui remittit God, not/no because through se. Tegit, not in yudicio reveletur; and so not/no imputabitur to pœnam. Non it_is dolus who se accusat: corde holds that ore fatetur this. Beatus: because olim not/no confitens Deo, veni in peccatum, dum clamarem, when/but_if quid boni egi.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,you YHWH taken_refuge not put_to_shame to,forever in/on/at/with,righteousness,your deliver,me )

The phrase “be my rock of refuge” is a request for protection. The second phrase emphasizes the first phrase.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

my rock of refuge

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,you YHWH taken_refuge not put_to_shame to,forever in/on/at/with,righteousness,your deliver,me )

Yahweh is spoke of as if he were a huge rock that would protect the writer from attack. Alternate translation: “like a huge rock on which I can be safe”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

a stronghold to save me

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,you YHWH taken_refuge not put_to_shame to,forever in/on/at/with,righteousness,your deliver,me )

Yahweh is spoken of as if he were a strong fortress in which the writer would be protected from his enemies.

Parallel PSA 31:2