PSA 3:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ But you, Yahweh, protect me like a shield.
⇔ You honour and encourage me.

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 Πολλοὶ λέγουσι τῇ ψυχῇ μου, οὐκ ἔστι σωτηρία αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ· διάψαλμα.
(Polloi legousi taʸ psuⱪaʸ mou, ouk esti sōtaʸria autōi en tōi Theōi autou; diapsalma. )

BrTr Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. [fn]Pause.

3:3 The word Διάψαλμα (Selah) has been rendered Pause, as most intelligible to the English reader.

ULT ⇔ But you, Yahweh, are a shield behind me,
⇔ my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

UST ⇔ But Yahweh, you are like a shield that protects me.
⇔ You greatly honor me, and you encourage me.

BSB But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
⇔ 

OEB ⇔ But you, Lord, are shield about me,
⇔ my glory, who lifts up my head.

WEBBE But you, LORD, are a shield around me,
⇔ my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me;
⇔ you are my glory and the one who restores me.

LSV And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me,
My glory, and lifter up of my head.

FBV But you, Lord, are a shield protecting me. You give me victory;[fn] you hold my head high.

3:3 Literally, “you are my glory” which makes little sense in English.

T4T ⇔ But Yahweh, you are like a shield that protects me [MET].
⇔ You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies) [IDM].

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BBE But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.

Moff Ah, but thou shieldest me, O thou Eternal,
⇔ in triumph, thou whom I glorify!

JPS (3-4) But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

ASV But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me;
⇔ My glory, and the lifter up of my head.

DRA Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.

YLT And Thou, O Jehovah, [art] a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

Drby But thou, Jehovah, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

RV But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
(But thou/you, Oh LORD, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. )

SLT And thou, Jehovah, a shield about me: my glory, and lifting up my head.

Wbstr But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

KJB-1769 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.[fn]
(But thou/you, Oh LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. )

3.3 for: or, about

KJB-1611 But thou, O LORD, art a shield [fn]for me; my glory, and the lifter vp of mine head.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

3:3 Or, about.

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Gnva But thou Lord art a buckler for me: my glory, and the lifter vp of mine head.
(But thou/you Lord art a buckler for me: my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. )

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ClVg multi dicunt animæ meæ: Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.[fn]
(multi they_say soul my: Not/No it_is health/safety themselves in/into/on to_God his. )

3.3 Multi dicunt, etc. AUG. Vel hoc dicit unusquisque qui a vitiis et cupiditatibus impugnatur. Dicunt animæ: Non est salus, etc. Coacervatione vitiorum subrepit desperatio sanitatis, quasi vitiis insultantibus animæ; vel etiam diabolis et angelis ejus, per suggestiones.

3.3 Multi they_say, etc. AUG. Or this he_says each_one/everybody who from vitiis and cupiditatibus impugnatur. Sayunt soul: Not/No it_is health/safety, etc. Coacervatione spoil/with_faultrum subrepit desperatio sanitatis, as_if vitiis insultantibus soul; or also diabolis and messengers/angels his, through suggestiones.

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מָגֵ֣ן בַּעֲדִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: many saying of,soul_of,my not help, for=him/it in/on/at/with,God selah )

Here, shield represents protection. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you, Yahweh, protect me like a shield”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כְּ֝בוֹדִ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: many saying of,soul_of,my not help, for=him/it in/on/at/with,God selah )

Because Yahweh is the actor in all the other actions in this verse, calling Yahweh his glory probably means that Yahweh gives the author glory or honor. Since the author has just spoken about his enemies and Yahweh being his protector, he probably means that Yahweh gives him glory by giving him victory over his enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you are the one who gives me glory” or “you are the one who gives me victory”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠מֵרִ֥ים רֹאשִֽׁ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: many saying of,soul_of,my not help, for=him/it in/on/at/with,God selah )

Lifting the author’s head could mean (1) giving him courage or (2) giving him victory over his enemies or (3) restoring him to being king of Israel (given the context of David fleeing from his son’s usurping). If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and the one who encourages me” or “and the one who lifts me over my enemies” or “and the one who lifts me to the throne”

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