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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, 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, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ,
( Eis to telos, psalmos tōi Dawid, )

ULT A psalm of Asaph.
⇔ A Psalm of Asaph The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken
⇔ and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

UST A psalm written by Asaph
⇔ God, the all-powerful one, speaks;
⇔ he summons all people,
⇔ from the east to the west.

BSB A Psalm of Asaph.
⇔ The Mighty One, God the LORD,
⇔ speaks and summons the earth
⇔ from where the sun rises to where it sets.

OEB A psalm of Asaph.
⇔ The Lord God has spoken: He summons the earth
⇔ from sunrise to sunset.

WEBBE A Psalm by Asaph.
⇔ The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks,
⇔ and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A psalm by Asaph.
⇔ El, God, the Lord speaks,
⇔ and summons the earth to come from the east and west.

LSV A PSALM OF ASAPH. The God of gods—YHWH—has spoken,
And He calls to the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going in.

FBV A psalm of Asaph.
⇔ The Lord, the Almighty God, speaks! He summons everyone on earth, from the east to the west.

T4T God, the all-powerful one, speaks;
⇔ he summons all people,
⇔ from the east to the west.

LEB • The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken and summoned the earth,
• from the rising of the sun
• to its setting.

BBE A Psalm. Of Asaph.
⇔ The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

Moff An Asaphite song.
⇔ The Eternal speaks! — from east to west
⇔ earth falls a-trembling.

JPS A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

ASV A Psalm of Asaph.
⇔ The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken,
⇔ And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

DRA Unto the end, a psalm of David,

YLT A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods — Jehovah — hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

Drby A Psalm. Of Asaph.
⇔ [fn]God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

50.1 El

RV A Psalm of Asaph.
⇔ God, even God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Wbstr A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun.

KJB-1769 A Psalm of Asaph.
⇔ The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.[fn]
(A Psalm of Asaph.
⇔ The mighty God, even the LORD, hath/has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. )

50.1 of…: or, for Asaph

KJB-1611 ¶ A Psalme of Asaph. ¶ The mightie God, euen the LORD hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sunne, vnto the going downe thereof.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps A psalme of Asaph. The most mightie Lorde God hath spoken: and called the earth from the rysyng vp of the sunne, vnto the goyng downe therof.
(A psalm of Asaph. The most mighty Lord God hath/has spoken: and called the earth from the rysyng up of the sun, unto the going down thereof.)

Gnva A Psalme of Asaph. The God of Gods, euen the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the going downe thereof.
(A Psalm of Asaph. The God of Gods, even the Lord hath/has spoken and called the earth from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof. )

Cvdl The LORDE euen the mightie God hath spoke, & called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same.
(The LORD even the mighty God hath/has spoke, and called the world from the rysinge up of the son unto the going down of the same.)

Wycl The title of the fiftithe salm. To victorie, the salm of Dauid;
(The title of the fiftithe psalm. To victory, the psalm of David;)

Luth Ein Psalm Assaphs. GOtt der HErr, der Mächtige, redet und ruft der Welt von Aufgang der Sonne bis zum Niedergang.
(A Psalm Assaphs. God the/of_the LORD, the/of_the Mächtige, talks and ruft the/of_the world from Aufgang the/of_the sun until for_the Niedergang.)

ClVg In finem. Psalmus David,[fn]
(In finem. Psalmus David, )

50.1 In finem psalmus. CASS. Arguente Nathan, rex non erubuit peccata publice confiteri, etc., usque ad quæ a Deo valet pœnitentibus. David. AUG. Proponitur in exemplum, non cadendi, sed, etsi cecideris, resurgendi ne desperes. CASS. Prima est deprecatio, etc., usque ad plena præstatur peccatorum remissio.

50.1 In finem psalmus. CASS. Arguente Nathan, king not/no erubuit sins publice confiteri, etc., until to which from Deo valet pœnitentibus. David. AUG. Proponitur in exemplum, not/no cadendi, sed, etsi cecideris, resurgendi not desperes. CASS. Prima it_is deprecatio, etc., until to plena præstatur sinners remissio.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

General Information:

This psalm is a song that teaches people. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

The author uses three different names to speak of God.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

called the earth

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

Here the word “earth” refers to the people who live on the earth. Alternate translation: “called all people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

from the rising of the sun to its setting

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph Mighty_One_of ʼElohīm YHWH he/it_had_said and=he/it_called earth from,rising_of sun until setting_of,its )

This phrase refers to the directions east, where the sun rises, and west, where the sun sets. The writer uses these two extremes to represent everywhere on earth. Alternate translation: “everywhere on earth”

Parallel PSA 50:1

General Information: