PSA 59:3 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 59:4: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (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 58:4) Ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐθήρευσαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐπέθεντο ἐπʼ ἐμὲ κραταιοί· οὔτε ἡ ἀνομία μου, οὔτε ἡ ἁμαρτία μου Κύριε·
(Hoti idou ethaʸreusan taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou, epethento epʼ eme krataioi; oute haʸ anomia mou, oute haʸ hamartia mou Kurie;)

BrTr (PSA 58:4) For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

ULT For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
⇔ the mighty gather against me.
⇔ Not, for my transgression
⇔ and not, for my sin, Yahweh,

UST Look! They are hiding and waiting for a chance to kill me!
⇔ Fierce men have gathered to harm me.
⇔ Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done anything that is wrong!

BSB & MSB See how they lie in wait for me.
⇔ Fierce men conspire against me
⇔ for no transgression [or] sin [of my own], O LORD.

OEB For see! They lay ambush for me,
⇔ strong men are banded against me
⇔ not for sin or transgression of mine,
⇔ for no guilt of mine, O Lord,

WEBBE & WMBB For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
⇔ The mighty gather themselves together against me,
⇔ not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.

NET For look, they wait to ambush me;
⇔ powerful men stalk me,
⇔ but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

LSV For behold, they laid wait for my soul,
Strong ones are assembled against me,
Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.

FBV See how they're lying in wait to kill me! Powerful men are gathered against me, Lord, even though I have not sinned or done anything wrong.[fn]

59:3 This could be either some offense against the enemies or against God.

T4T ⇔ Look! They are waiting to kill me!
⇔ Fierce men have gathered to assault me.
⇔ Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done what is wrong!

LEB • For look, they lie in wait for my life.[fn]
• The mighty attack[fn] against me,
• not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.

59:? Hebrew “soul”

59:? Or “stir up strife”

BBE For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

Moff Here they are, lurking to take my life,
⇔ a fierce gang to attack me!
⇔ And for no sin or crime of mine,
⇔ O thou Eternal, for no fault of mine.

JPS (PSA 59:4) (59-5) Without my fault, they run and prepare themselves; awake Thou to help me, and behold.

ASV For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;
⇔ The mighty gather themselves together against me:
⇔ Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

DRA (PSA 58:4) For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:

YLT For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

Drby For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

RV For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty gather themselves together against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
(For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty gather themselves together against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, Oh LORD.)

SLT For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah.

Wbstr For lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

KJB-1769 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
(For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, Oh LORD.)

KJB-1611 For loe, they lye in waite for my soule; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sinne, O LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For lo, they lye in wayte for my soule: men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God.
(For lo, they lie in wait for my soul: men of power are gathered together against me who have committed no wickedness nor fault Oh God.)

Gnva For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.
(For lo, they have laid wait for my soul: the mighty men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sin, Oh Lord.)

Cvdl For lo, they lye waytinge for my soule: ye mightie me are gathered together against me, wt out eny offence or faute of me, o LORDE.
(For lo, they lie waiting for my soul: ye/you_all mighty me are gathered together against me, with out any offence or fault of me, o LORD.)

Wycl (PSA 58:4) For lo! thei han take my soule; stronge men fellen in on me.
(For lo! they have take my soul; strong men fell in on me.)

Luth (PSA 59:4) Denn siehe, HErr, sie lauern auf meine SeeLE; die Starken sammeln sich wider mich ohne meine Schuld und Missetat.
(Because see/look, LORD, they/she/them lurk on/in/to my soul; the strong_(ones) collect itself/yourself/themselves against me without my fault/blame(n) and misdeed/iniquity.)

ClVg (PSA 58:4) Quia ecce ceperunt animam meam; irruerunt in me fortes.[fn]
(Because behold they_took the_soul of_mine; they_rushed in/into/on me strong.)

58.4 Fortes. AUG. Etiam sunt, qui præsumunt de justitia sua, etc., usque ad sed sperantes in divitiis prævaluerunt in vanitate sua.

58.4 Strong. AUG. Yes are, who/which they_presume from/about justice his_own, etc., until to but hoping in/into/on wealth they_prevailed in/into/on vanity his_own.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנֵּ֪ה

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! lie_in_wait for,life_of,my attack on,me fierce not transgression_of,my and=not sin_of,my YHWH )

The psalmist is using behold as a common expression to draw the reader’s attention to what he is about to say. If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [notice] or [see]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠נַפְשִׁ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! lie_in_wait for,life_of,my attack on,me fierce not transgression_of,my and=not sin_of,my YHWH )

Here, life represents the whole person as the target of an attack. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to attack me] or [to murder me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

עַזִ֑ים

fierce

David is using the adjective mighty as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [mighty men] or [very strong men]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לֹא־פִשְׁעִ֖⁠י וְ⁠לֹא־חַטָּאתִ֣⁠י

not (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! lie_in_wait for,life_of,my attack on,me fierce not transgression_of,my and=not sin_of,my YHWH )

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: [They gather against me not for my transgression and not for my sin] or [This is happening not for my transgression and not for my sin]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

פִשְׁעִ֖⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! lie_in_wait for,life_of,my attack on,me fierce not transgression_of,my and=not sin_of,my YHWH )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of transgression, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [because I transgressed against you]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חַטָּאתִ֣⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! lie_in_wait for,life_of,my attack on,me fierce not transgression_of,my and=not sin_of,my YHWH )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of sin, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [because I have sinned]

Parallel PSA 59:3