PSA 54:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX (PSA 53:6) Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς βοηθεῖ μοι, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἀντιλήπτωρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου.
(Idou gar ho Theos boaʸthei moi, kai ho Kurios antilaʸptōr taʸs psuⱪaʸs mou.)

ULT Behold, God is a helper to me;
⇔ the Lord, is with the sustainers of my life.

UST But God is helping me.
⇔ The Lord is helping the people who are protecting me so that I stay alive.

BSB & MSB Surely God is my helper
⇔ the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

OEB ⇔ But see! God is my helper,
⇔ the Lord is sustaining my life.

WEBBE & WMBB Behold, God is my helper.
⇔ The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

NET Look, God is my deliverer!
⇔ The Lord is among those who support me.

LSV Behold, God [is] a helper to me,
The Lord [is] with those supporting my soul,

FBV But God helps me; the Lord saves my life!

T4T ⇔ But God is the one who helps me;
⇔ Yahweh defends/protects me from my enemies.

LEB • See, God is my helper;
• The Lord is with those who sustain my life.[fn]

54:? Or “The Lord is the sustainer of my life.”

BBE See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.

Moff Ah, God my helper,
⇔ ah, Lord, upholder of my life,

JPS (PSA 54:6) (54-8) With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto Thee; I will give thanks unto Thy name, O LORD, for it is good.

ASV Behold, God is my helper:
⇔ The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

DRA (PSA 53:6) For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.

YLT Lo, God [is] a helper to me, The Lord [is] with those supporting my soul,

Drby Behold, [fn]God is my helper; the Lord is among them that uphold my soul.

54.4 Elohim

RV Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
(Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is of them that uphold/support my soul.)

SLT Behold, God a help to me: Jehovah with those upholding my soul.

Wbstr Behold, God is my helper: the LORD is with them that uphold my soul.

KJB-1769 ⇔ Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
( ⇔ Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold/support my soul.)

KJB-1611 Behold, God is mine helper: the LORD is with them that vphold my soule.
(Behold, God is mine helper: the LORD is with them that uphold/support my soul.)

Bshps Behold, God is an ayde vnto me: the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule.
(Behold, God is an aid unto me: the Lord is with them that uphold/support my soul.)

Gnva Beholde, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that vpholde my soule.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl Sela. But lo, God is my helper: it is he that vpholdeth my soule.
(Sela. But lo, God is my helper: it is he that upholdeth my soul.)

Wycl (PSA 53:6) For, lo! God helpith me; and the Lord is vptaker of my soule.
(For, lo! God helpeth/helps me; and the Lord is sustainer of my soul.)

Luth (PSA 54:6) Siehe, GOtt stehet mir bei; der HErr erhält meine SeeLE.
(See/Look, God stands to_me at/in; the/of_the LORD receives my soul.)

ClVg (PSA 53:6) Ecce enim Deus adjuvat me, et Dominus susceptor est animæ meæ.[fn]
(Behold because God helps me, and Master undertaker it_is soul my.)

53.6 Ecce enim. CASS. Diapsalmus. Quid sibi et Ziphæis faciat Deus unde solvit laudes. Adjuvat. AUG. Quod ipsi nesciunt inter quos lateo; sed hoc quod me adjuvat viderent, si Deum ante oculos ponerent.

53.6 Behold because. CASS. Musical_pause. What to_himself and Ziphites let_him_do God from_where/who pays praises. Help_met. AUG. That themselves they_don’t_know between which I_lie_hidden; but this that me helps they_would_see, when/but_if God before the_eyes they_would_put.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנֵּ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! ʼElohīm helper to=me my=master [is]_(in),[those_who]_sustain_of life_of,(of)_my )

David is using the term Behold to focus attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Listen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֲ֝דֹנָ֗⁠י בְּֽ⁠סֹמְכֵ֥י נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

my=master (Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! ʼElohīm helper to=me my=master [is]_(in),[those_who]_sustain_of life_of,(of)_my )

David is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the Lord helps the sustainers of his life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the Lord helps the sustainers of my life]

Parallel PSA 54:4