PSA 39:4 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.)

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 38:5) Γνώρισόν μοι Κύριε τὸ πέρας μου, καὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν μου τίς ἐστιν, ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ.
(Gnōrison moi Kurie to peras mou, kai ton arithmon tōn haʸmerōn mou tis estin, hina gnō ti husterō egō.)

BrTr (PSA 38:5) O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack.

ULT “Make me know my end, Yahweh,
⇔ and the measure of my days, what it is.
⇔ May I know how transient I am.

UST ⇔ “Yahweh, let me know when I will die.
⇔ Tell me how many days I have left to live.
⇔ Help me to understand how short my life really is.

BSB & MSB “Show me, O LORD, my end
⇔ and the measure of my days.
⇔ Let me know how fleeting my life is.

OEB ⇔ ‘Teach me, O Lord, my end,
⇔ and the sum of my days what it is.
⇔ Let me know how transient I am.

WEBBE & WMBB “LORD, show me my end,
⇔ what is the measure of my days.
⇔ Let me know how frail I am.

NET “O Lord, help me understand my mortality
⇔ and the brevity of life!
⇔ Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

LSV “Cause me to know, O YHWH, my end,
And the measure of my days—what it [is],”
I know how frail I [am].

FBV Lord, remind me.[fn] How short is my life? How long do I have? Remind me how quickly my life will pass.

39:4 The psalmist is not actually asking for information, but protesting that he is suffering when his life is so short.

T4T ⇔ “Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live.
⇔ Tell me when I will die.
⇔ Tell me how many years I will live!

LEB • “Let me know, O Yahweh, my end,
• and what is the measure of my days.
• Let me know how transient I am.”

BBE Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

Moff “O thou Eternal, let me know my end,
⇔ the number of my days,
⇔ how long I have to live!

JPS (PSA 39:5) (39-6) Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

ASV Jehovah, make me to know mine end,
⇔ And the measure of my days, what it is;
⇔ Let me know how frail I am.

DRA (PSA 38:5) I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.

YLT 'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it [is],' I know how frail I [am].

Drby Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.

RV LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.

SLT O Jehovah, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I shall know how I fail.

Wbstr LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am .

KJB-1769 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.[fn]

39.4 how…: or, what time I have here

KJB-1611 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: that I may know [fn]how fraile I am.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

39:4 Or, what time I haue here.

Bshps O God make me to knowe mine ende, and the number of my dayes: that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue.
(Oh God make me to know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.)

Gnva Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.
(Lord, let me know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: let me know how long I have to live.)

Cvdl My hert was hote within me, & whyle I was thus musynge, the fyre kyndled: so that I spake with my tonge.
(My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing, the fire kindled: so that I spake with my tongue.)

Wycl (PSA 38:5) I spak in my tunge; Lord, make thou myn eende knowun to me. And the noumbre of my daies what it is; that Y wite, what failith to me.
(I spake in my tongue; Lord, make thou/you mine end known to me. And the number of my days what it is; that I wit/know, what faileth/fails to me.)

Luth (PSA 39:5) Aber, HErr, lehre doch mich, daß es ein Ende mit mir haben muß, und mein Leben ein Ziel hat und ich davon muß.
(But, LORD, teach though/but me, that it a end(n) with to_me have must, and my life a goal/target has and I of_that must.)

ClVg (PSA 38:5) Locutus sum in lingua mea: Notum fac mihi, Domine, finem meum, et numerum dierum meorum quis est, ut sciam quid desit mihi.[fn]
(Spoke I_am in/into/on tongue/language my: Known do to_me, Master, the_end mine, and the_number days of_mine who/any it_is, as I_know what is_missing to_me.)

38.5 Locutus sum. ID. Non auditori erudiendo, sed exauditori Deo, a quo intus audior. Et numerum dierum meorum. HIER. Numerus dierum, qui modo sunt, non est vere transilienti; hærenti autem esse videtur.

38.5 Spoke I_am. ID. Not/No listener to_be_educated, but hearer to_God, from where inside/within I_am_heard. And the_number days of_mine. HIER. Number days, who/which just/only are, not/no it_is really/truly jumping_across; sticking however to_be it_seems.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤⁠נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗⁠י

make,known_to_me YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: make,known_to_me YHWH end_of,my and,the_measure_of my_days_of,my what? she/it know what? fleeting I )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please let me know my end, Yahweh]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

קִצִּ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: make,known_to_me YHWH end_of,my and,the_measure_of my_days_of,my what? she/it know what? fleeting I )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [when my life will end]

Parallel PSA 39:4