PSA 42:9 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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ULT I will say to God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
⇔ Why do I walk around mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

UST I say to God, who is like a huge rock on top of which I am safe from attackers,
⇔ “Surely you have forgotten me! I am living sorrowfully because my enemies are afflicting me”

BSB ⇔ I say to God my Rock,
⇔ “Why have You forgotten me?
⇔ Why must I walk in sorrow
⇔ because of the enemy’s oppression?”

OEB I say to God my rock,
⇔ ‘Why have you forgotten me?
⇔ Why must I walk so sadly,
⇔ so hard pressed by the foe?’

WEBBE I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
⇔ Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will pray to God, my high ridge:
⇔ “Why do you ignore me?
⇔ Why must I walk around mourning
⇔ because my enemies oppress me?”

LSV I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning in the oppression of an enemy?”

FBV I cry out, “My God, my rock, why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around weeping because of the attacks of my enemies?”

T4T ⇔ I say to God, who is like an overhanging rock under which I can hide [MET],
⇔ “It seems that you have forgotten me.
⇔ I constantly because my enemies act cruelly toward me” [RHQ].

LEB • I say to God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
• Why must I walk about mourning
• because of the oppression of the enemy?”

BBE I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

Moff Flood follows flood, as thy cataracts thunder,
⇔ thy breakers and billows are all surging over me.

JPS (42-10) I will say unto God my Rock: 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'

ASV I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?
⇔ Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

DRA No DRA PSA 42:9 verse available

YLT I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?

Drby I will say unto [fn]God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

42.9 El

RV I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Wbstr I will say to God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

KJB-1769 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
(I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou/you forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? )

KJB-1611 I will say vnto God, My rocke, why hast thou forgotten me? why goe I mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps I wyll say vnto the Lorde of my strength: why hast thou forgotten me, why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie?
(I will say unto the Lord of my strength: why hast thou/you forgotten me, why go I thus heavily through the oppression of mine enemy?)

Gnva I wil say vnto God, which is my rocke, Why hast thou forgotten mee? why goe I mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?
(I will say unto God, which is my rock, Why hast thou/you forgotten me? why go I mourning, when the enemy oppresseth me? )

Cvdl Whyle my bones are broken, & whyle myne enemies cast me in the tethe,
(Whyle my bones are broken, and while mine enemies cast me in the tethe,)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 42:9 verse available

Luth Der HErr hat des Tages verheißen seine Güte, und des Nachts singe ich ihm und bete zu GOtt meines Lebens.
(The LORD has the dayss verheißen his goodness, and the Nachts singe I him and bete to God my life.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 42:9 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠אֵ֥ל סַלְעִ⁠י֮

(Some words not found in UHB: by_day commands YHWH steadfast_love_of,his and=in_the=night song_of,his with,me prayer to,God_of life_of,my )

The author is using the phrase my rock to mean that God protects him like a rock protects a person from their enemy. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to God, who is like a protective rock to me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

אוֹמְרָ֤ה ׀ לְ⁠אֵ֥ל סַלְעִ⁠י֮ לָ⁠מָ֪ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥⁠נִי לָֽ⁠מָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּ⁠לַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: by_day commands YHWH steadfast_love_of,his and=in_the=night song_of,his with,me prayer to,God_of life_of,my )

It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: “I will ask God, my rock, why he has forgotten me, and why I must go around mourning because of the oppression of my enemies”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ⁠מָ֪ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥⁠נִי לָֽ⁠מָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּ⁠לַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: by_day commands YHWH steadfast_love_of,his and=in_the=night song_of,his with,me prayer to,God_of life_of,my )

The author is using the question form to challenge 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: “You have surely forgotten me! I am always walking around mourning because of the oppression of my enemies!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠לַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: by_day commands YHWH steadfast_love_of,his and=in_the=night song_of,his with,me prayer to,God_of life_of,my )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of oppression, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “because of how my enemies oppress me”

To “go mourning” is to perform customs related to being very sad.

Parallel PSA 42:9