PSA 42:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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).

ULT My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
⇔ When will I come and appear before the face of God?

UST I desire to be with you so desperately, O you, the real God. It is as though I am thirsting for water.
⇔ I say to myself, “I shall certainly return to the temple in Israel
⇔ and worship in your presence again, O God!”

BSB My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
⇔ When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?[fn]

42:2 Or and see the face of God?

OEB ⇔ I thirst for God,
⇔ for my living God.
⇔ When shall I enter in,
⇔ and see the face of God?

WEBBE My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
⇔ When shall I come and appear before God?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I thirst for God,
⇔ for the living God.
⇔ I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

LSV My soul thirsted for God, for the living God,
When do I enter and see the face of God?

FBV I am thirsty for God, the living God. When can I go and see God's face?[fn]

42:2 This phrase is thought to mean a spiritual experience, perhaps in the Temple.

T4T I desire to have fellowship with [MET] you, the all-powerful God.
⇔ I wonder, “When will I be able to go back to the temple in Israel
⇔ and worship in your presence again?”

LEB • the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?[fn]

?:? Some Hebrew manuscripts and versions read “and see the face of God?”

BBE My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

Moff I am athirst for God, the living God;
⇔ when shall I reach God’s presence?

JPS (42-3) My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 'When shall I come and appear before God?'

ASV My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
⇔ When shall I come and appear before God?

DRA For thou art God my strength: why hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?

YLT My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?

Drby My soul thirsteth for [fn]God, for the living [fn]God: when shall I come and appear before [fn]God?

42.2 Elohim

42.2 El

RV My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Wbstr My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

KJB-1769 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

KJB-1611 My soule thirsteth for God, for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before God?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps My soule is a thirst for the Lorde, yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde: when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde?
(My soul is a thirst for the Lord, yea even for the living Lord: when shall I come to appear before the face of the Lord?)

Gnva My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?
(My soul thirsteth for God, even for the living God: when shall I come and appear before the presence of God? )

Cvdl My teares are my meate daye and night, whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me: where is now thy God?
(My teares are my meat day and night, while it is daily said unto me: where is now thy/your God?)

Wyc For thou art God, my strengthe; whi hast thou put me abac, and whi go Y soreuful, while the enemy turmentith me?
(For thou/you art God, my strengthe; why hast thou/you put me abac, and why go I soreuful, while the enemy turmentith me?)

Luth Wie der Hirsch schreiet nach frischem Wasser, so schreiet meine SeeLE, GOtt, zu dir.
(How the/of_the Hirsch schreiet after frischem water, so schreiet my SeeLE, God, to dir.)

ClVg Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti? et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus?[fn]
(Quia you es, God, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti? and quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus? )

42.2 Quare tristis incedo? AUG. Causam tristitiæ quærit, quæ est peccatum, ut causa lætitiæ justitia. Isaias propter peccatum: Modicum quidem contristavi illum, sic enim punit Deus.

42.2 Quare tristis incedo? AUG. Causam tristitiæ quærit, which it_is peccatum, as causa lætitiæ justitia. Isaias propter peccatum: Modicum indeed contristavi him, so because punit God.

BrTr For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?

BrLXX Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς κραταίωμά μου, ἱνατί ἀπώσω με; καὶ ἱνατί σκυθρωπάζων πορεύομαι ἐν τῷ ἐκθλίβειν τὸν ἐχθρόν μου;
(Hoti su ei ho Theos krataiōma mou, hinati apōsō me; kai hinati skuthrōpazōn poreuomai en tōi ekthlibein ton eⱪthron mou; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

צָמְאָ֬ה נַפְשִׁ֨⁠י ׀ לֵ⁠אלֹהִים֮

(Some words not found in UHB: as,deer longs on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in streams water yes/correct/thus/so soul,my pants for,you ʼElohīm )

The author is using the phrase thirst to mean strongly desire. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “My soul strongly desires God”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נַפְשִׁ֨⁠י

soul,my

See the discussion about the word soul in the chapter introduction. Alternate translation: “I thirst for God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠אֵ֪ל חָ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: as,deer longs on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in streams water yes/correct/thus/so soul,my pants for,you ʼElohīm )

The author is using the phrase living God to mean that God is the one true God who exists and acts in the world, compared to the other false gods who do nothing. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “for the real God”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מָתַ֥י אָב֑וֹא וְ֝⁠אֵרָאֶ֗ה פְּנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: as,deer longs on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in streams water yes/correct/thus/so soul,my pants for,you ʼElohīm )

The author is using the question form to cry out to God. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “I greatly want to come and appear before God!”

Parallel PSA 42:2