PSA 46:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital 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 45:2) Ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν καταφυγὴ καὶ δύναμις, βοηθὸς ἐν θλίψεσι ταῖς εὑρούσαις ἡμᾶς σφόδρα.
(Ho Theos haʸmōn katafugaʸ kai dunamis, boaʸthos en thlipsesi tais heurousais haʸmas sfodra.)

BrTr (PSA 45:2) God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

ULT God, is to us a refuge and strength,
⇔ being found greatly a help in trouble.

UST This is a note for the worship leader: of the Korahites wrote song. tune is “Maidens.”
⇔ God keeps us safe,
⇔ as if he were a secure place where we could go if we were in danger.
⇔ God strengthens us.
⇔ He is always present to help us when we have troubles.

BSB For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.[fn] A song.
⇔ God is our refuge and strength,
⇔ an ever-present help in times of trouble.

46:1 Alamoth is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:20.

OEB For the leader. Of the Korahites, on alamoth. A song.
⇔ God is our refuge and strength,
⇔ a very present help in trouble.

WEBBE & WMBB God is our refuge and strength,
⇔ a very present help in trouble.

NET God is our strong refuge;
⇔ he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. BY SONS OF KORAH. FOR GIRLS’ [VOICES]. A SONG. God [is] our refuge and strength,
A most sure help in adversities.

FBV God is our protection and our strength; always ready to help when troubles come.

T4T God is the one who protects us and causes us to be strong;
⇔ he is always ready to help us when we have troubles.

LEB • For the music director. Of the sons of Korah.
• According to Alamoth. A song.[fn]
• God is our refuge and strength,
• a very sufficient help in troubles.

46:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

BBE God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

Moff God is a shelter and stronghold for us,
⇔ we shall find him very near;

JPS (PSA 46:2) (46-3) Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, and though the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas;

ASV God is our refuge and strength,
⇔ A very present help in trouble.

DRA (PSA 45:2) Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

YLT To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' — A song. God [is] to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

Drby [fn]God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

46.1 Elohim

RV God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

SLT To the overseer for the sons of Korah, with the female voice: a song. O God, to us refuge and strength, helping greatly, being found in straits.

Wbstr To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

KJB-1769 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.[fn]

46.1 for: or, of

KJB-1611 ¶ God is our refuge and strength: a very present helpe in trouble.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps To the chiefe musition, a song (to be song) of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth. The Lorde is our refuge & strength: a helpe very easyly founde in troubles.
(To the chief musician, a song (to be song) of the children of Corach upon Alamoth. The Lord is our refuge and strength: a help very easyly found in troubles.)

Gnva To him that excelleth upon Alamoth a song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God is our hope and strength, and helpe in troubles, ready to be found.
(To him that excelleth upon Alamoth a song committed to the sons of Korah. God is our hope and strength, and help in troubles, ready to be found.)

Cvdl In oure troubles and aduersite, we haue founde, that God is oure refuge, oure strength and helpe.
(In our troubles and adversity, we have found, that God is our refuge, our strength and help.)

Wycl (PSA 45:2) Oure God, thou art refuyt, and vertu; helpere in tribulacions, that han founde vs greetly.
(Our God, thou/you art refuge, and virtue; helper in tribulations, that have found us greatly.)

Luth (PSA 46:2) GOtt ist unsere Zuversicht und Stärke, eine Hilfe in den großen Nöten, die uns getroffen haben.
(God is our confidence and strength, a/one help(n) in the large needs, the us/to_us/ourselves met have.)

ClVg (PSA 45:2) [Deus noster refugium et virtus; adjutor in tribulationibus quæ invenerunt nos nimis.[fn]
([God our refuge and virtue; helper in/into/on tribulations which they_found us too_much.)

45.2 Deus noster. CASS., AUG. In adventu Domini omnis spes habenda ostenditur, etiam in transitu Apostolorum ad gentes. Invenerunt nos nimis. AUG. Nos enim fugiebamus eas. Vel, invenerunt nos expositos per Adam. Nimis, tanto potentior qui liberat.

45.2 God our. CASS., AUG. In arrival Master everyone hope(n) to_be_had is_shown, also in/into/on passing Of_the_apostles to people/nations. They_found us too_much. AUG. We because we_were_fleeing them. Or, they_found us explained through Adam. Too_much, so_much more_powerful who/which frees.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֱלֹהִ֣ים לָ֭⁠נוּ מַחֲסֶ֣ה וָ⁠עֹ֑ז

ʼElohīm to/for=us refuge and,strength

The psalmist is speaking of Yahweh as if he were actually a refuge, that is, a place where people can go to be safe from danger. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the term “refuge” in [14:6](../014/006.md). Alternate translation: [God protects us and makes us strong]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

אֱלֹהִ֣ים לָ֭⁠נוּ מַחֲסֶ֣ה וָ⁠עֹ֑ז

ʼElohīm to/for=us refuge and,strength

The psalmist could be using the terms refuge and strength together to express a single idea. The word strength would tell what kind of refuge God is. If you follow this interpretation in your translation, and if it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning in a different way. Alternate translation: [God is our strong refuge] or [God powerfully protects us]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עֶזְרָ֥ה בְ֝⁠צָר֗וֹת נִמְצָ֥א מְאֹֽד

help in,troubles he/it_was_found very

The term greatly describes the degree or extent to which God is found to be a help in trouble. Translators may choose to put the focus either on the finding or the helping. Alternate translation: [being dependably found a help in trouble] or [being found a great help in trouble]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עֶזְרָ֥ה בְ֝⁠צָר֗וֹת נִמְצָ֥א מְאֹֽד

help in,troubles he/it_was_found very

The psalmist is using the term found in a way characteristic of his language to mean that when one is in trouble, God can be found; that is, he is present. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He is dependably present to help in trouble]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

עֶזְרָ֥ה בְ֝⁠צָר֗וֹת נִמְצָ֥א מְאֹֽד

help in,troubles he/it_was_found very

The expression being found is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, but a form of the verb “find” would communicate the psalmist’s meaning in your language, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural. Alternate translation: [We dependably find him a help in trouble] or [We find him a great help in trouble]

Parallel PSA 46:1