PSA 50:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Our god comes and doesn’t stay silent.
⇔ A fire devours ahead of him,
⇔ and it’s very stormy around him.

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 Ἐλέησον με ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου.
(Eleaʸson me ho Theos kata to mega eleos sou, kai kata to plaʸthos tōn oiktirmōn sou exaleipson to anomaʸma mou.)

BrTr Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.

ULT Our God comes and does not stay silent;
⇔ a fire devours before him,
⇔ and it is very stormy around him.

UST Our God is approaching us to judge us.
⇔ He will now tell us what we have done right and what we have done wrong.
⇔ He is coming very powerfully, as he did at Mount Sinai,
⇔ when there was a great thunderstorm and a burning fire on the mountain as he approached it.

BSB Our God approaches and will not be silent!
⇔ Consuming fire precedes Him,
⇔ and a tempest rages around Him.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Our God comes, he cannot keep silence,
⇔ devouring fire is before him,
⇔ and furious tempest around him.

WEBBE Our God comes, and does not keep silent.
⇔ A fire devours before him.
⇔ It is very stormy around him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Our God approaches and is not silent;
⇔ consuming fire goes ahead of him
⇔ and all around him a storm rages.

LSV Our God comes, and is not silent,
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him it has been very tempestuous.

FBV Our God arrives, and does not stay quiet. Fire flames before him, burning everything up; a violent storm rages around him.

T4T Our God comes to us,
⇔ and he is not silent.
⇔ A great fire is in front of him,
⇔ and a storm is around him.

LEB • Our God comes and he is not silent.
• Before him fire devours,
• and around him it is very tempestuous.

BBE Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

Moff Our God comes with a summons—
⇔ in front of him devouring fire,
⇔ encircling him a mighty storm—

JPS Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.

ASV Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence:
⇔ A fire devoureth before him,
⇔ And it is very tempestuous round about him.

DRA Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.

YLT Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

Drby Our [fn]God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

50.3 Elohim

RV Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

SLT Our God shall come, and he will not be silent: a fire shall consume before him, and it stormed greatly round about him.

Wbstr Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him.

KJB-1769 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

KJB-1611 Our God shall come, and shall not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before him, and it shalbe very tempestuous round about him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Our Lorde commeth, and he wyll not kepe scilence: there goeth before hym a consumyng fire, and a mightie tempest is sturred rounde about hym.
(Our Lord cometh/comes, and he will not keep silence: there goeth/goes before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest is stirred round about him.)

Gnva Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before him, and a mightie tempest shall be mooued round about him.
(Our God shall come and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moved round about him.)

Cvdl Oure God shal come, and not kepe sylence: there goeth before him a consumynge fyre, and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him.
(Our God shall come, and not keep silence: there goeth/goes before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest round about him.)

Wycl God, haue thou merci on me; bi thi greet merci. And bi the mychilnesse of thi merciful doyngis; do thou awei my wickidnesse.
(God, have thou/you mercy on me; by thy/your great mercy. And by the muchilness of thy/your merciful doings; do thou/you away my wickedness.)

Luth Unser GOtt kommt und schweiget nicht. Fressend Feuer gehet vor ihm her und um ihn her ein groß Wetter.
(Our God comes and is_silent not. Eating fire(n) goes before/in_front_of him her and around/by/for him/it her a large weather.)

ClVg [Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam; et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.[fn]
([Have_mercy my/mine, God, after/second great mercy your(sg); and after/second multitude had_sentionum of_yours(pl), dele iniquity of_mine.)

50.3 Miserere mei, Deus. Ibid. Hic pœnitentialis psalmus, etc., usque ad quia prævidit per hunc psalmum plures perituros. Secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. De gravi peccato desperandum esset, nisi magna misericordia esset. Magna non potest diffiniri quanta sit. Magnam misericordiam. Ibid. Magna misericordia Deum de cœlo deposuit, etc., usque ad cum secundum se rogatur Deus ignoscere? Miserationum, etc. CASS. Per misericordiam et miserationem petit. Et est misericordia in natura, miseratio in effectu.

50.3 Have_mercy my/mine, God. Ibid. Here/This repentancelis psalm/song, etc., until to because beforevidit through this_one a_psalm/song many perishesuros. After/Second great mercy your(sg). From/About serious sin desperandum was, except big mercy was. Magna not/no can diffiniri how_much let_it_be. Magnam mercy. Ibid. Magna mercy God from/about sky he_put_down, etc., until to when/with after/second himself asksur God ignoscere? Miserationum, etc. CASS. Through mercy and had_sentionem asks. And it_is mercy in/into/on nature/element, had_sentio in/into/on effectu.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

אֱלֹהֵ֗י⁠נוּ

God_of,our

By Our, the psalmist means to include both himself and those he is addressing, so use the inclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

וְֽ⁠אַל־יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ

and,not keep_silence

This is a double negative, consisting of the negative particle not and the negative word silent. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this. Alternate translation: [and he is going to speak]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֵשׁ־לְ⁠פָנָ֥י⁠ו תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּ֝⁠סְבִיבָ֗י⁠ו נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה מְאֹֽד

fire before,,him (Some words not found in UHB: comes God_of,our and,not keep_silence fire before,,him you(ms)_will_eat and,around_of,him tempest very )

Asaph is using images from God’s appearance on Mount Sinai, where he made a covenant with the Israelites, to describe God’s approach to judge his people in light of that covenant on this occasion. [Exodus 19:16–18](../exo/19/16.md) describes how a great thunderstorm and a burning fire preceded Yahweh’s descent onto Mount Sinai. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. The UST models one way to do that.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֵשׁ־לְ⁠פָנָ֥י⁠ו תֹּאכֵ֑ל

fire before,,him (Some words not found in UHB: comes God_of,our and,not keep_silence fire before,,him you(ms)_will_eat and,around_of,him tempest very )

Here, to his face represents “in front of him.” If you decide to retain this image in your translation, if it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [A fire devours in front of him]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֵשׁ־לְ⁠פָנָ֥י⁠ו תֹּאכֵ֑ל

fire before,,him (Some words not found in UHB: comes God_of,our and,not keep_silence fire before,,him you(ms)_will_eat and,around_of,him tempest very )

Asaph is speaking as if this fire were actually devouring or eating what was in front of God. If you decide to retain this image in your translation, if it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [A fire burns up everything in front of him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה מְאֹֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: comes God_of,our and,not keep_silence fire before,,him you(ms)_will_eat and,around_of,him tempest very )

The expression it is stormed is a passive verbal form. If you decide to retain this image in your translation, if your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [a great storm rages]

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