PSA 56:6 Parallel Verse View

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56:7 Note: KJB: Ps.56.6

56:7 OSHB variant note: יצפינו: (x-qere) ’יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ’: lemma=6845 n=1.1 morph=HVqi3mp id=19Djm יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ

UHB 7 יָג֤וּרוּ ׀ יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ [fn] הֵ֭מָּה עֲקֵבַ֣⁠י יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כַּ֝⁠אֲשֶׁ֗ר קִוּ֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י׃ ‡
(7 yāgūrū yiʦpōnū hēmmāh ˊₐqēⱱa⁠y yishmorū ka⁠ʼₐsher qiūū nafshi⁠y.)

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 55:7) Παροικήσουσι καὶ κατακρύψουσιν αὐτοὶ, τὴν πτέρναν μου φυλάξουσι· καθάπερ ὑπέμεινα τῇ ψυχῇ μου.
(Paroikaʸsousi kai katakrupsousin autoi, taʸn pternan mou fulaxousi; kathaper hupemeina taʸ psuⱪaʸ mou.)

BrTr (PSA 55:7) They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

ULT They gather together, they hide;
⇔ they, they watch my heels because they await my life.

UST Together they secretly watch where I am going
⇔ because they are looking for an opportunity to kill me.

BSB & MSB They conspire, they lurk,
⇔ they watch my steps
⇔ while they wait to take my life.

OEB banded together in secret,
⇔ watching my every step,
⇔ as those who hope for my death.

WEBBE & WMBB They conspire and lurk,
⇔ watching my steps.
⇔ They are eager to take my life.

NET They stalk and lurk;
⇔ they watch my every step,
⇔ as they prepare to take my life.

LSV They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels,
When they have expected my soul.

FBV They gather together in their hiding places to keep watch on me, hoping to kill me.

T4T In order to cause trouble for me, they hide
⇔ and watch everything that I do,
⇔ waiting for an opportunity to kill me [MTY].

LEB • They attack,[fn] they hide, they watch my steps ,[fn]
• as they lie in wait for my life.

56:? Or “they stir up strife”

56:? Literally “heels”

BBE They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

Moff they are in league for evil, and they lurk,
⇔ dogging my steps, like murderers.

JPS (PSA 56:7) (56-8) Because of iniquity cast them out; in anger bring down the peoples, O God.

ASV They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
⇔ They mark my steps,
⇔ Even as they have waited for my soul.

DRA (PSA 55:7) They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

YLT They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Drby They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

RV They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

SLT They will sojourn, they will hide, they will watch my heels as they waited for my soul.

Wbstr They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

KJB-1769 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

KJB-1611 They gather themselues together; they hide themselues, they marke my steps when they wait for my soule.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule.
(They flock together, they keep themselves close: they mark my steps, that they may lie in wait for my soul.)

Gnva They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.
(They gather together, and keep themselves close: they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.)

Cvdl They holde alltogether, & kepe them selues close: they marck my steppes, how they maye catch my soule.
(They hold altogether, and keep themselves close: they mark my steps, how they may catch my soul.)

Wycl (PSA 55:7) Thei schulen dwelle, and schulen hide; thei schulen aspie myn heele.
(They should dwell, and should hide; they should spy mine heel.)

Luth (PSA 56:7) Sie halten zuhauf und lauern und haben acht auf meine Fersen, wie sie meine SeeLE erhaschen.
(They/She hold/keep in_abundance and lurk and have eight/caution on/in/to my heels, as/like they/she/them my soul catch/seize.)

ClVg (PSA 55:7) Inhabitabunt, et abscondent; ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,[fn]
(They_will_inhabit, and they_will_hide; themselves heel mine they_will_observe. Like they_endured the_soul of_mine,)

55.7 Inhabitabunt. AUG. Vel, aliqui ex his qui longe a sanctis, etc., usque ad si enim falsa dicunt de te, cœlum non auferunt, nec isti nocent.

55.7 They_will_inhabit. AUG. Or, some from his who/which far_away from to_the_saints, etc., until to when/but_if because false they_say from/about you(sg), sky not/no they_take_away, but_not these they_harm.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

הֵ֭מָּה & יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: stir_up_strife lurk they(emph) heels_of,my watch just=as hoped life_of,my )

David is stating the pronoun they separately, even though the verb translated as they watch already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize the personal role that his enemies are taking in watching him. (They are not appointing others as spies but doing the spying themselves.) If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing the meaning here. Alternate translation: [they personally watch] or [it is they who watch]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עֲקֵבַ֣⁠י יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ

heels_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: stir_up_strife lurk they(emph) heels_of,my watch just=as hoped life_of,my )

David is using his heels to represent how he walks on his feet to go places. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [they watch my steps] or [they observe where I go]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

קִוּ֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

hoped (Some words not found in UHB: stir_up_strife lurk they(emph) heels_of,my watch just=as hoped life_of,my )

Here, David’s life represents an opportunity to take his life or kill him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. The UST models one way to do that.

Parallel PSA 56:6