PSA 39:12 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, 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 Σὺ δέ Κύριε μὴ μακρύνῃς τοὺς οἰκτιρμούς σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου διαπαντὸς ἀντελάβοντό μου.
(Su de Kurie maʸ makrunaʸs tous oiktirmous sou apʼ emou, to eleos sou kai haʸ alaʸtheia sou diapantos antelabonto mou. )

BrTr But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.

ULT Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and listen to me;
⇔ listen to my weeping!
⇔ Do not be deaf to me,
⇔ for I am like a foreigner with you, a refugee like all my ancestors were.

UST Yahweh, listen to me while I pray;
⇔ pay attention to me while I cry out to you.
⇔ Help me while I am crying.
⇔ I am here on the earth for only a short time,
⇔ like all my ancestors.

BSB Hear my prayer, O LORD,
⇔ and give ear to my cry for help;
⇔ do not be deaf to my weeping.
⇔ For I am a foreigner dwelling with You,
⇔ a stranger like all my fathers.

OEB ⇔ Hear my prayer, O Lord;
⇔ attend to my cry for help.
⇔ Hold not your peace at my tears.
⇔ For I am but a guest of yours,
⇔ a stranger visiting, like all my ancestors.

WEBBE “Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.
⇔ Don’t be silent at my tears.
⇔ For I am a stranger with you,
⇔ a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Hear my prayer, O Lord!
⇔ Listen to my cry for help!
⇔ Do not ignore my sobbing!
⇔ For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land;
⇔ I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

LSV Hear my prayer, O YHWH,
And give ear [to] my cry,
Do not be silent to my tear,
For I [am] a sojourner with You,
A settler like all my fathers.

FBV Please hear my prayer, Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Don't be deaf to my weeping. Please treat me as your guest, passing through, just like my forefathers.

T4T ⇔ Yahweh, listen to me while I pray;
⇔ pay attention to me while I cry out to you.
⇔ Help me while I am crying.
⇔ I am here on the earth for only a short time,
⇔ like all my ancestors.

LEB • to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my tears.
• For I am an alien[fn] with you,
• a sojourner like all my ancestors.[fn]

39:? Or “stranger”

39:? Or “fathers”

BBE Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

Moff Hear my prayer, O thou Eternal,
⇔ listen to my cry,
⇔ answer thou my tears;
⇔ for I am but a guest of thine,
⇔ a passing waif, as all my fathers were.

JPS (39-13) Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

ASV Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry;
⇔ Hold not thy peace at my tears:
⇔ For I am a stranger with thee,
⇔ A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

DRA Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.

YLT Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

Drby Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

RV Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Wbstr Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were .

KJB-1769 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
(Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy/your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee/you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Heare my prayer, O LORD, and giue eare vnto my crie, hold not thy peace at my teares: for I am a straunger with thee, and a soiourner, as all my fathers were.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

39:12 Leuit.25. 23. 1.Chron. 29.15. Psal.119.19. Heb.11.13. 1.Pet. 2.11.

Bshps Heare my prayer O God, and geue eares to my crying, holde not thy peace at my teares: for I am a strauger with thee, and a soiourner as all my fathers were.
(Hear my prayer O God, and give ears to my crying, hold not thy/your peace at my tears: for I am a strauger with thee/you, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.)

Gnva Heare my prayer, O Lord, and hearken vnto my cry: keepe not silence at my teares, for I am a strager with thee, and a soiourner as all my fathers.
(Hear my prayer, O Lord, and hearken unto my cry: keep not silence at my tears, for I am a strager with thee/you, and a sojourner as all my fathers. )

Cvdl Sela. Heare my prayer o LORDE, and considre my callinge: shewe not thy self as though thou sawest not my teares. For I am a straunger and pilgrymme with the, as all my forefathers were.
(Sela. Hear my prayer o LORD, and considre my callinge: show not thy/your self as though thou/you sawst/saw not my tears. For I am a stranger and pilgrymme with them, as all my forefathers were.)

Wycl But thou, Lord, make not fer thi merciful doyngis fro me; thi mercy and treuthe euere token me vp.
(But thou/you, Lord, make not far thy/your merciful doings from me; thy/your mercy and truth euere token me up.)

Luth Wenn du einen züchtigest um der Sünde willen, so wird seine Schöne verzehret wie von Motten. Ach, wie gar nichts sind doch alle Menschen! Sela.
(When you a züchtigest around/by/for the/of_the Sünde willen, so becomes his Schöne verzehret as/like from Motten. Ach, as/like even nothing are though/but all Menschen! Sela.)

ClVg Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me; misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.[fn]
(Tu however, Master, not longe facias miserationes tuas from me; misericordia your and veritas your always susceperunt me. )

39.12 Misericordia tua. AUG. Amor et timor perducunt me ad te.

39.12 Misericordia your. AUG. Amor and timor perducunt me to you(sg).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

Hear my prayer & listen to me & listen to my weeping

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,punishment on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in sin discipline (a)_man and,consume like_a,moth dear_of,him surely Abel all/each/any/every humankind selah )

These three phrases mean basically the same thing and show how strongly the writer wants God to respond to him.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Do not be deaf to me

The writer speaks of Yahweh’s lack of response to him as if Yahweh was deaf. Alternate translation: “Do not ignore me as if you could not hear me”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

I am like a foreigner with you, a refugee

The writer speaks of Yahweh’s lack of response as if Yahweh considered him to be a total stranger to him. Alternate translation: “I am like a complete stranger to you”

Parallel PSA 39:12