PSA 35:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They repay me with evil for good—
⇔ I feel like I’m dying on the inside.

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 Μὴ ἐλθέτω μοι ποῦς ὑπερηφανίας, καὶ χεὶρ ἁμαρτωλῶν μὴ σαλεύσαι με·
(Maʸ elthetō moi pous huperaʸfanias, kai ⱪeir hamartōlōn maʸ saleusai me;)

BrTr Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me.

ULT They repay me evil for good.
⇔ I am sorrowful.

UST I was good to them. But instead of being good to me, they are evil to me.
⇔ That makes me feel completely alone.

BSB They repay me evil for good,
⇔ [to] the bereavement of my soul.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Evil for good they requite me,
⇔ leaving me inwardly comfortless.

WEBBE They reward me evil for good,
⇔ to the bereaving of my soul.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They repay me evil for the good I have done;
⇔ I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

LSV They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

FBV They pay me back with evil instead of good. I feel like giving up.[fn]

35:12 Literally, “my soul is forlorn.”

T4T In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me,
⇔ with the result that I feel that I am alone.

LEB • They repay me evil in place of good.
• It is bereavement to my soul.

BBE They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

Moff they repay me with evil for good,
⇔ rendering me all forlorn.

JPS They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

ASV They reward me evil for good,
⇔ To the bereaving of my soul.

DRA Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

YLT They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

Drby They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.

RV They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

SLT They will requite me evil instead of good, bereaving to my soul.

Wbstr They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

KJB-1769 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.[fn]

35.12 spoiling: Heb. depriving

KJB-1611 [fn]They rewarded mee euill for good, to the spoiling of my soule.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

35:12 Heb. depriuing.

Bshps They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.
(They rewarded me evil for good: to the great discomfort of my soul.)

Gnva They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule.
(They rewarded me evil for good, to have spoiled my soul.)

Cvdl They rewarde me euell for good, to the greate discomforth of my soule.
(They reward me evil for good, to the great discomforth of my soul.)

Wycl The foot of pryde come not to me; and the hond of the synnere moue me not.
(The foot of pride come not to me; and the hand of the sinner move me not.)

Luth Sie tun mir Arges um Gutes, mich in Herzeleid zu bringen.
(They/She do/put to_me evil(n)s around/by/for goodness/good_(person), me in heartache to/for bring/get.)

ClVg Non veniat mihi pes superbiæ, et manus peccatoris non moveat me.
(Not/No let_him_come to_me foot/leg pride, and hands sinner not/no moveat me.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רָ֭עָה תַּ֥חַת טוֹבָ֗ה

evil (Some words not found in UHB: they,repay_me evil below/instead_of good forlorn [belongs]_to,self_of,my )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of evil and good, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [by doing bad things to me in place of the good things I did for them]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְשַׁלְּמ֣וּ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: they,repay_me evil below/instead_of good forlorn [belongs]_to,self_of,my )

Here David is speaking of the way his enemies treated him as if they were paying back a loan or trying to repay him. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [They treated me with]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שְׁכ֣וֹל לְ⁠נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: they,repay_me evil below/instead_of good forlorn [belongs]_to,self_of,my )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of bereavement, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [they have bereaved my soul]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שְׁכ֣וֹל לְ⁠נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: they,repay_me evil below/instead_of good forlorn [belongs]_to,self_of,my )

David is using the term my soul to mean the entire person from the perspective of his spiritual existence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [I feel bereaved]

Parallel PSA 35:12