PSA 57:10 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 56:11) Ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν ἡ ἀλήθειά σου.
(Hoti emegalunthaʸ heōs tōn ouranōn to eleos sou, kai heōs tōn nefelōn haʸ alaʸtheia sou.)

BrTr (PSA 56:11) For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds.

ULT For your covenant faithfulness, is great to the heavens,
⇔ and your truth to the clouds.

UST You deserve this praise because your kindness and loyalty are much greater than anything on earth,
⇔ just as the clouds in the sky are much higher than anything on earth.

BSB & MSB For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens,
⇔ and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

OEB for great to heaven is your love,
⇔ and your faithfulness to the clouds.

WEBBE & WMBB For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens,
⇔ and your truth to the skies.

NET For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,
⇔ and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

LSV For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens,
And Your truth to the clouds.

FBV Your faithful love reaches to the heavens; your trustworthiness to the clouds.

T4T because your faithful love for us is as great as the distance from the earth to the sky,
⇔ and because your ◄faithfulness/faithfully doing what you promise► is as great as the distance up to the clouds [MET].

LEB • Because your loyal love is high to the heavens,
• and your faithfulness to the clouds.

BBE For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

Moff for they love is high over heaven,
⇔ thy loyalty soars to the skies.
⇔ Up, O God, high over heaven!
⇔ Up with thy glory over all the earth!

JPS (PSA 57:11) (57-12) Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Thy glory be above all the earth.

ASV For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens,
⇔ And thy truth unto the skies.

DRA (PSA 56:11) For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.

YLT For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

Drby For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

RV For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the skies.
(For thy/your mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy/your truth unto the skies.)

SLT For great even to the heavens thy mercy, and even to the clouds, thy truth.

Wbstr For thy mercy is great to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds.

KJB-1769 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
(For thy/your mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy/your truth unto the clouds.)

KJB-1611 For thy mercy is great vnto the heauens, and thy trueth vnto the clouds.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens: and thy trueth vnto the cloudes.
(For the greatness of thy/your mercy reacheth unto the heavens: and thy/your truth unto the clouds.)

Gnva For thy mercie is great vnto the heauens, and thy trueth vnto the cloudes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl I wil geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) amonge the people, I wil synge prayses vnto the amonge the Heithe.
(I will give thanks unto the (o LORD) among the people, I will sing praises unto the among the Heathen.)

Wycl (PSA 56:11) For thi merci is magnified til to heuenes; and thi treuthe til to cloudis.
(For thy/your mercy is magnified till to heavens; and thy/your truth till to clouds.)

Luth (PSA 57:11) Denn deine Güte ist, soweit der Himmel ist, und deine Wahrheit, soweit die Wolken gehen.
(Because your goodness is, so_far/as_far_as the/of_the heaven is, and your truth, so_far/as_far_as the clouds go.)

ClVg (PSA 56:11) quoniam magnificata est usque ad cælos misericordia tua, et usque ad nubes veritas tua.[fn]
(since/because magnified it_is until to the_skies/heavens mercy your, and until to clouds the_truth your.)

56.11 Ad cœlos. Ibid. Qui supra nubes, ubi sedes angelorum, etc., usque ad cœlos misericordia ascendit.

56.11 To heavens. There. Who above clouds, where seat(n) of_messengers/angels, etc., until to heavens mercy went_up.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when high until heavens loyalty_of,your_covenant and=unto clouds faithfulness_of,your )

Here the word For introduces more detailed information about the reasons David has for singing the Lord’s praises. Use a connecting word or phrase in your language that will make this clear. It may not be necessary to represent this word explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: [I will do this because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

גָדֹ֣ל עַד־שָׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑⁠ךָ וְֽ⁠עַד־שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽ⁠ךָ

high until (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when high until heavens loyalty_of,your_covenant and=unto clouds faithfulness_of,your )

David is speaking of God’s covenant faithfulness and truth as if they were physical things that could extend from the earth to the clouds and the heavens. He means that these qualities of God are immeasurably great. If this image communicates well in your language, please use it. If not, you could express this as a comparison. The UST models one way to do that.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

גָדֹ֣ל עַד־שָׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑⁠ךָ

high until (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when high until heavens loyalty_of,your_covenant and=unto clouds faithfulness_of,your )

David is using is great to as a common expression of his culture to mean “is as high as.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your covenant faithfulness reaches to the heavens] or [your covenant faithfulness is as high as the sky]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חַסְדֶּ֑⁠ךָ וְֽ⁠עַד־שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when high until heavens loyalty_of,your_covenant and=unto clouds faithfulness_of,your )

See how you translated the abstract nouns for the ideas of covenant faithfulness and truth in [verse 3](../057/003.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְֽ⁠עַד־שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽ⁠ךָ

and=unto (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when high until heavens loyalty_of,your_covenant and=unto clouds faithfulness_of,your )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and your truth is great to the clouds] or [and your truth is as high as the clouds]

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