PSA 59:1 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 59:2: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=David (All still tentative.)

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 58:2) Ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ἐπʼ ἐμὲ λύτρωσαί με.
(Exelou me ek tōn eⱪthrōn mou ho Theos, kai ek tōn epanistamenōn epʼ eme lutrōsai me.)

BrTr (PSA 58:2) Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.

ULT Deliver me from my enemies, my God!
⇔ Set me on high, away from the ones rising up against me.

UST My God, please rescue me from my enemies!
⇔ Protect me from those who want to attack me!

BSB & MSB Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
⇔ protect me from those who rise against me.

OEB Save me, O God, from my enemies;
⇔ secure me from my assailants.

WEBBE & WMBB Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
⇔ Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

NET Deliver me from my enemies, my God!
⇔ Protect me from those who attack me!

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God,
Set me on high from my withstanders.

FBV Rescue me from my enemies, God! Protect me from those who are attacking me!

T4T God, save me from my enemies!
⇔ Protect me from those who want to attack me!

LEB •
• Of David. A miktam.
• When Saul dispatched men and they watched the house to kill him.[fn]
• Deliver me from my enemies, O my God.
• Protect[fn] me from those who rise up against me.

59:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

59:? The sense is that of making something inaccessibly high, like a fortress

BBE Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

Moff O my God, rescue me from my foes,
⇔ protect me from those who assail me;

JPS (PSA 59:2) (59-3) Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the men of blood.

ASV Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:
⇔ Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

DRA (PSA 58:2) Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.

YLT To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not,' by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

Drby Deliver me from mine enemies, O my [fn]God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

59.1 Elohim

RV Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: set me on high from them that rise up against me.
(Deliver me from mine enemies, Oh my God: set me on high from them that rise up against me.)

SLT To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem; in Saul sending, and they will watch the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God: thou wilt set me on high from those rising up against me.

Wbstr To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

KJB-1769 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.[fn][fn][fn]
(Deliver me from mine enemies, Oh my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.)

59.1 Al-taschith…: or, Destroy not

59.1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm

59.1 defend…: Heb. set me on high

KJB-1611 ¶ Deliuer me from mine enemies, O my God: [fn]defend mee from them that rise vp against me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

59:1 Heb. set me on high.

Bshps To the chiefe musition, destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid, when Saul sent, and they did watch the house to kill him. Deliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde: defende me fro them that rise vp against me.
(To the chief musician, destroy not, a golden psalm of David, when Saul sent, and they did watch the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies Oh Lord: defend me from them that rise up against me.)

Gnva To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him. O my God, deliuer mee from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise vp against me.
(To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalm of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him. Oh my God, deliver me from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise up against me.)

Cvdl Delyuer me fro myne enemies (o my God) & defende me fro the yt ryse vp agaynst me.
(Deliver me from mine enemies (o my God) and defend me from the it rise up against me.)

Wycl (PSA 58:2) Mi God, delyuer thou me fro myn enemyes; and delyuer thou me fro hem that risen ayens me.
(My God, deliver thou/you me from mine enemies; and deliver thou/you me from hem that risen against me.)

Luth (PSA 59:2) Errette mich, mein GOtt, von meinen Feinden und schütze mich vor denen, so sich wider mich setzen!
(Save/Rescue me, my God, from my enemies and protect me before/in_front_of those, so itself/yourself/themselves against me set/put/place!)

ClVg (PSA 58:2) [Eripe me de inimicis meis, Deus meus, et ab insurgentibus in me libera me.[fn]
([Rescue me from/about enemies mine, God mine, and away to_the_insurgents in/into/on me free me.)

58.2 Eripe. Ibid. Dum qui sine macula est, hoc petit, quid necessario petamus, ostendit. De inimicis. CASS. Quatuor genera sunt adversariorum, etc., usque ad de his ergo ait: Eripe me, etc.

58.2 Rescue. There. While who/which without blemish/stain it_is, this asks, what necessarily we_ask, he_showed. From/About enemies. CASS. Four genera are of_opponents, etc., until to from/about his therefore he_said: Rescue me, etc.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from,enemies_of,my my_God_of,my from,[those_of,who]_rise_against_me may,you_set_me_on_high )

This is an imperative, but it communicates an urgent request to God rather than a command. Use a form in your language that communicates an urgent request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please set me on high] or [I beg you to set me on high]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from,enemies_of,my my_God_of,my from,[those_of,who]_rise_against_me may,you_set_me_on_high )

David is speaking of protection as if Yahweh could Set him on high in an unreachable place above his enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Keep me safe from them] or [Put me beyond their reach]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

מִּ⁠מִתְקוֹמְמַ֥⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from,enemies_of,my my_God_of,my from,[those_of,who]_rise_against_me may,you_set_me_on_high )

The pronoun ones refers to David’s enemies. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [away from the enemies rising up against me]

Parallel PSA 59:1