PSA 59:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 58:6) Καὶ σὺ Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, πρόσχες τοῦ ἐπισκέψασθαι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, μὴ οἰκτειρήσῃς πάντας τοὺς ἐργαζομένους τὴν ἀνομίαν· διάψαλμα.
(Kai su Kurie ho Theos tōn dunameōn ho Theos tou Israaʸl, prosⱪes tou episkepsasthai panta ta ethnaʸ, maʸ oikteiraʸsaʸs pantas tous ergazomenous taʸn anomian; diapsalma.)

BrTr (PSA 58:6) And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.

ULT So you, Yahweh, God of armies, the God of Israel,
⇔ wake up to punish all of the nations!
⇔ Do not be gracious, to any treacherous workers of iniquity. Selah

UST Yahweh, you are the God who commands the heavenly armies.
⇔ You are the God whom we Israelites worship.
⇔ So I ask you to take action and punish all the people who do not honor you.
⇔ Do not act mercifully toward those wicked people who have acted treacherously toward me. Selah

BSB & MSB O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel,
⇔ rouse Yourself to punish all the nations;
⇔ show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

OEB You, O Lord of hosts,
⇔ God of Israel, awake!
⇔ And punish the proud, every one;
⇔ spare none of the traitors vile. Selah

WEBBE You, LORD God of Armies, the God of Israel,
⇔ rouse yourself to punish the nations.
⇔ Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

WMBB You, LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel,
⇔ rouse yourself to punish the nations.
⇔ Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

NET You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel,
⇔ rouse yourself and punish all the nations!
⇔ Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

LSV And You, YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel,
Awake to inspect all the nations. Do not favor any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

FBV You are God, the Lord Almighty, God of Israel. Stand up, and punish all the nations. Don't have any mercy on these evil traitors. Selah.

T4T Yahweh my God, commander of the armies of heaven, the one we Israelis worship,
⇔ arise and punish the ungodly/heathen people of all the nations;
⇔ do not be merciful to those wicked people who have ◄acted treacherously toward/secretly planned to harm► us.
⇔ (Think about that!)

LEB • And you, Yahweh, God of hosts, are the God of Israel.
• Rouse yourself to punish all the nations.
• Do not be gracious to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah

BBE You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

Moff O Lord of hosts,
⇔ O God of Israel, rouse thee,
⇔ punish the insolent, every one of them,
⇔ spare not one vile traitor.

JPS (PSA 59:6) (59-7) They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city.

ASV Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel,
⇔ Arise to visit all the nations:
⇔ Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. [Selah

DRA (PSA 58:6) Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.

YLT And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

Drby Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the [fn]God of hosts, the [fn]God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

59.5 Elohim

RV Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah
(Even thou/you, Oh LORD God of hosts/armies, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah)

SLT And thou Jehovah God of armies, God of Israel, awake to review all the nations: thou wilt not compassionate all covering iniquity. Silence.

Wbstr Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

KJB-1769 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
(Thou/You therefore, Oh LORD God of hosts/armies, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.)

KJB-1611 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hostes, the God of Israel, awake to visite all the heathen: be not mercifull to any wicked transgressours. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And thou O God Lorde of hoastes, Lorde of Israel: awake to visite all Heathen, and be not mercifull vnto all them that offend of malice. Selah.
(And thou/you Oh God Lord of hosts/armies, Lord of Israel: awake to visit all Heathen, and be not merciful unto all them that offend of malice. Selah.)

Gnva Euen thou, O Lord God of hostes, O God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful vnto all that transgresse maliciously. Selah.
(Even thou/you, Oh Lord God of hosts/armies, Oh God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful unto all that transgress maliciously. Selah.)

Cvdl Stode vp o LORDE God of hoostes, thou God of Israel, to vyset all Heithen: be not mercifull vnto the yt offende of malicious wickednesse.
(Stand up o LORD God of hosts/armies, thou/you God of Israel, to visit all Heathen: be not merciful unto the it offend of malicious wickedness.)

Wycl (PSA 58:6) Rise vp thou in to my meetyng, and se; and thou, Lord God of vertues, art God of Israel. Yyue thou tent to visite alle folkis; do thou not merci to alle that worchen wickidnesse.
(Rise up thou/you in to my meeting, and see; and thou/you, Lord God of virtues, art God of Israel. Give thou/you tent to visit all folks/people; do thou/you not mercy to all that working wickedness.)

Luth (PSA 59:6) Du, HErr, GOtt Zebaoth, GOtt Israels, wache auf und suche heim alle Heiden; sei der keinem gnädig, die so verwegene Übeltäter sind! Sela.
(You(sg), LORD, God Tsevaot_(of_armies), God Israel’s, guard(v) on/in/to and search home all heathens; be the/of_the none gracious, the so daring evil-doer are! Sela.)

ClVg (PSA 58:6) Exsurge in occursum meum, et vide: et tu, Domine Deus virtutum, Deus Israël, intende ad visitandas omnes gentes: non miserearis omnibus qui operantur iniquitatem.[fn]
(Arise/Get_up in/into/on meeting mine, and see: and you(sg), Master God virtues, God Israel, pay_attention to to_be_visited everyone people/nations: not/no you_may_be_pitied to_all who/which they_work iniquity.)

58.6 Exsurge. AUG. Quia dormire videris, In occursum. Quasi curro ad te merendo: Et tu, occurre mihi, id est, redde pro merito. Vide. Ibid. Id est, fac videri quomodo ad te curro, etc., usque ad postquam vidisti me mori, credis me patri æqualem.

58.6 Arise/Get_up. AUG. Because to_sleep you_see, In meeting. As_if I_run to you(sg) to_be_deserved: And you(sg), meet to_me, that it_is, return for deservedly. See. There. That it_is, do to_seem how to you(sg) I_run, etc., until to after did_you_see me to_die, do_you_believe me to_his_father equal.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ צְבָא֡וֹת

ʼElohīm armies/messengers

The expression God of armies refers to Yahweh as the commander of the heavenly armies, meaning the angelic hosts. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [God who rules over the angelic hosts]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

god_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) YHWH ʼElohīm armies/messengers god_of Yisrael awake, to,punish all/each/any/every the=nations not gracious all/each/any/every treacherously_plot_of evil selah )

The psalmist is not using this possessive form the God of Israel to indicate that the Israelites possess or control God. Rather the psalmist is using these words to indicate that God is the one whom Israel worships. Alternate translation: [who is the God whom Israel worships]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

הָקִ֗יצָ⁠ה לִ⁠פְקֹ֥ד

awake, to,punish

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָקִ֗יצָ⁠ה

awake,

The psalmist is speaking of Yahweh as if he were asleep and needed to wake up. He means that he wants Yahweh to begin to intervene and punish the nations. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [come and act]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כָּֽל־הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֑ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) YHWH ʼElohīm armies/messengers god_of Yisrael awake, to,punish all/each/any/every the=nations not gracious all/each/any/every treacherously_plot_of evil selah )

David says all of the nations as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [the hostile nations] or [these enemy nations]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

אַל־תָּחֹ֨ן

not (Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) YHWH ʼElohīm armies/messengers god_of Yisrael awake, to,punish all/each/any/every the=nations not gracious all/each/any/every treacherously_plot_of evil selah )

The word translated as Do not be gracious is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please do not show favor] or [I beg you not to be gracious]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בֹּ֖גְדֵי אָ֣וֶן

David is using the possessive form to describe workers who are characterized by iniquity. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [people who are treacherous and who do wicked things] or [treacherous people who do evil]

Note 8 topic: translate-transliterate

סֶֽלָה

selah

The word Selah is a Hebrew word. You will need to decide if you will use this word in its Hebrew form or if you will instead translate the meaning into your language. Either approach has broad support. If you use the Hebrew word, you could spell it the way it sounds in your language and then put the translation in a footnote.

Parallel PSA 59:5