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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=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 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, εἰς σύνεσιν τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορέ.
( Eis to telos, eis sunesin tois huiois Kore. )

ULT For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he who is concerned for the weak;
⇔ in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him.

UST A psalm written by David for the choir director
⇔ How fortunate are those who provide for the poor;
⇔ Yahweh will rescue those people when they have troubles.

BSB For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
⇔  Blessed [is] the one who cares for the poor;
⇔  the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

MSB For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
⇔  Blessed [is] the one who cares for the poor;
⇔  the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

OEB For the leader; for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
⇔ Happy are those who consider the weak;
⇔ in the day of misfortune the Lord will deliver them.

WEBBE For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
⇔ Blessed is he who considers the poor.
⇔ The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the music director; a psalm of David.
⇔ How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly!
⇔ When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him
Who is acting wisely to the poor,
In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

FBV For the music director. A psalm of David.
⇔ How happy are those who take care of the poor! When they are in trouble the Lord will save them.

T4T Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor;
⇔ he will rescue those people when they have troubles.

LEB No LEB PSA book available

BBE To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
⇔ Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. A song of David.
⇔ Happy is he who remembers the weak and the poor!
⇔ The Eternal will deliver him on the day of trouble;

JPS (41-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (41-2) Happy is he that considereth the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

ASV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he that considereth the poor:
⇔ Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

DRA Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.

YLT To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

Drby To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

RV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
(For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he that considereth/considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil. )

SLT To the overseer: chanting of David. Happy he attending to the weak one: in the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.

Wbstr To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.[fn][fn]
(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
⇔ Blessed is he that considereth/considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. )

41.1 the poor: or, the weak, or, sick

41.1 in time…: Heb. in the day of evil

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ Blessed is he that considereth the poore; the LORD will deliuer him in time of trouble.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

41:1 Or, the weake, or sicke.

41:1 Heb. in the day of euill.

Bshps No Bshps PSA book available

Gnva To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shall deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
(To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that judgeth wisely of the poor: the Lord shall deliver him in ye/you_all time of trouble. )

Cvdl No Cvdl PSA book available

Wycl No Wycl PSA book available

Luth No Luth PSA book available

ClVg In finem. Intellectus filiis Core.[fn]
(In the_end. Understanding to_the_children Core. )

41.1 In fine intellectus. CASS. Core interpretatur Calvaria. Filii ergo, etc., usque ad, cui obviat malorum insultatio. HIER. Filii Core, id est, filii calvi, etc., usque ad verbum puerorum deridentium Eliseum.

41.1 In fine intellectus. CASS. Core interprets Calvaria. Children therefore, etc., until ad, to_whom obviat of_evil insultatio. HIER. Children Core, id it_is, children calvi, etc., until to the_word/saying childorum deridentium Eliseum.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT PSA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

For the chief musician

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

Alternate translation: “This is for the director of music to use in worship.”

he who is concerned for the weak & rescue him

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

The words “he” and “him” refer to anyone who is concerned for the weak.

the weak

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

Alternate translation: “weak people” or “poor people”

Parallel PSA 41:1

General Information: