PSA 55:22 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, 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).

ULT Place your burdens on Yahweh, and he will sustain you;
⇔ he will never allow a righteous person to totter.

UST Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands,
⇔ and he will take care of you;
⇔ he will never allow disaster to destroy righteous people.

BSB ⇔ Cast your burden upon the LORD
⇔ and He will sustain you;
⇔ He will never let the righteous be shaken.

OEB Cast your burden on the Lord,
⇔ and he will sustain you.
⇔ He will never let the righteous
⇔ be shaken.

WEBBE ⇔ Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you.
⇔ He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Throw your burden upon the Lord,
⇔ and he will sustain you.
⇔ He will never allow the godly to be upended.

LSV Cast on YHWH that which He has given you,
And He sustains you,
He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever.

FBV Throw your burdens onto the Lord and he will take care of you. He will never allow those who live right to fall.

T4T ⇔ Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands,
⇔ and he will take care of you;
⇔ he will never allow righteous people to experience disasters.

LEB • and he will sustain you.
• He will never allow the righteous to be moved.[fn]

55:? Or “shaken”

BBE Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

Moff Leave all to the Eternal, who loves you;
⇔ never will he let good men come to grief.

JPS (55-23) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

ASV Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:
⇔ He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

DRA No DRA PSA 55:22 verse available

YLT Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

Drby Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

RV Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Wbstr Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

KJB-1769 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.[fn]
(Cast thy/your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee/you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. )

55.22 burden: or, gift

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Cast thy burden vpon the LORD, and he shall sustaine thee: hee shall neuer suffer the righteous to bee moued.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

55:22 Psal.37.8 mat.6.25. luk. 12.22. 1.pet.5.7.

55:22 Or, gift.

Bshps O cast thy burthen vpon God, and he wyll vpholde thee: he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue.
(O cast thy/your burden upon God, and he will upholde thee/you: he will not suffer at any time the righteous to move.)

Gnva Cast thy burden vpon the Lord, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
(Cast thy/your burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee/you: he will not suffer the righteous to fall forever. )

Cvdl But as for them, thou (o God) shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion.
(But as for them, thou/you (o God) shalt cast them down in to the pitte of destruction.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 55:22 verse available

Luth Ihr Mund ist glätter denn Butter und haben doch Krieg im Sinn; ihre Worte sind gelinder denn Öl und sind doch bloße Schwerter.
(You Mund is glätter because Butter and have though/but Krieg in_the Sinn; their/her words are gelinder because oil and are though/but bloße Schwerter.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 55:22 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Place your burdens

(Some words not found in UHB: smooth butter_of speech_of,his and,war his/its=heart softer words_of,his than,oil and,they drawn_swords )

Here the psalmist is speaking to other godly people.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Place your burdens on Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: smooth butter_of speech_of,his and,war his/its=heart softer words_of,his than,oil and,they drawn_swords )

Here troubles are spoken of as if they were burdens that people have to carry. Trusting God to help us when we have troubles is spoken of as putting our burdens on him so that he can carry them for us. Alternate translation: “Give Yahweh your problems” or “Trust God to help you with all your troubles like someone who trusts a stronger person to carry his load”

he will sustain you

(Some words not found in UHB: smooth butter_of speech_of,his and,war his/its=heart softer words_of,his than,oil and,they drawn_swords )

Taking care of someone or helping someone when he has troubles is spoken of as supporting him. Alternate translation: “he will take care of you” or “he will help you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

he will never allow a righteous person to totter

(Some words not found in UHB: smooth butter_of speech_of,his and,war his/its=heart softer words_of,his than,oil and,they drawn_swords )

A person who is about to be severely harmed by some sort of disaster is spoken of as if he is tottering or swaying and is about to fall down. Alternate translation: “he will not let a righteous person sway and fall down” or “he will not let a righteous person to be destroyed”

Parallel PSA 55:22