PSA 59:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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 Ἐμός ἐστι Γαλαὰδ, καὶ ἐμός ἐστι Μανασσῆ, καὶ Ἐφραὶμ κραταίωσις τῆς κεφαλῆς μου· Ἰούδας βασιλεύς μου,
(Emos esti Galaʼad, kai emos esti Manassaʸ, kai Efraim krataiōsis taʸs kefalaʸs mou; Youdas basileus mou, )

BrTr Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the [fn]strength of my head;

UST God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong;
⇔ you are my refuge.

BSB ⇔ I will keep watch for You, O my strength,
⇔ because You, O God, are my fortress.

OEB My strength, I will sing to you,
⇔ for God is my sure retreat.

WEBBE Oh, my Strength, I watch for you,
⇔ for God is my high tower.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You are my source of strength! I will wait for you!
⇔ For God is my refuge.

LSV O my Strength, to You I take heed,
For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.

FBV You are my strength! I will look to you, God, for you are the one who protects me.

T4T ⇔ God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong;
⇔ you are my refuge.

LEB • [fn] I will watch for you, because you, O God, are my (high) stronghold.

59:? Reading with a few Hebrew manuscripts and the LXX, Targum and v. 18

BBE O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

Moff O thou my Strength, to thee I sing,
⇔ for thou, Eternal, art my fortress.

JPS (59-10) Because of his strength, I will wait for Thee; for God is my high tower.

ASV Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee;
⇔ For God is my high tower.

DRA Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king:

YLT O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower — the God of my kindness.

Drby Their strength! ...I will take heed to thee; for [fn]God is my high fortress.

59.9 Elohim

RV O my strength, I will wait upon thee: for God is my high tower.

Wbstr Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense.

KJB-1769 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.[fn]
(Because of his strength will I wait upon thee/you: for God is my defence. )

59.9 defence: Heb. high place

KJB-1611 [fn]Because of his strength will I wait vpon thee: for God is my defence.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

59:9 Hebr. my high place.

Bshps I wyl reserue his strength for thee: for thou O Lorde art my refuge.
(I will reserue his strength for thee/you: for thou/you O Lord art my refuge.)

Gnva He is strong: but I will waite vpon thee: for God is my defence.
(He is strong: but I will wait upon thee/you: for God is my defence. )

Cvdl My stregth do I ascrybe vnto the, for thou (o God) art my defender.
(My stregth do I ascrybe unto them, for thou/you (o God) art my defender.)

Wycl Galaad is myn, and Manasses is myn; and Effraym is the strengthe of myn heed.
(Galaad is myn, and Manasses is myn; and Ephraim is the strengthe of mine heed.)

Luth Aber du, HErr, wirst ihrer lachen und aller Heiden spotten.
(But you, LORD, will of_their/her lachen and aller heathens spotten.)

ClVg Meus est Galaad, et meus est Manasses; et Ephraim fortitudo capitis mei. Juda rex meus;[fn]
(Meus it_is Galaad, and mine it_is Manasses; and Ephraim fortitudo capitis my/mine. Yuda king meus; )

59.9 Manasses. Ibid. Vel, Manasses omnis ille qui, oblitus prioris vitæ, etc., usque ad: et opprobrii viduitatis tuæ non recordaberis. Ephraim. Fructificatio: et hæc est fortitudo capitis, id est, Christi: granum enim moriens virtutem in se habet, ut fructum faceret.

59.9 Manasses. Ibid. Vel, Manasses everyone ille qui, oblitus prioris vitæ, etc., usque ad: and opprobrii viduitatis tuæ not/no recordaberis. Ephraim. Fructificatio: and these_things it_is fortitudo capitis, id it_is, of_Christ: granum because moriens virtutem in se habet, as fructum faceret.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

my strength

(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) YHWH laugh at,them scoff to/from=all/each/any/every nations )

God’s being the psalmist’s strength represents God protecting him. Alternate translation: “you are my strength” or “you are my protector”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

you are my high tower

(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) YHWH laugh at,them scoff to/from=all/each/any/every nations )

A high tower is a place that people could go to for shelter from their enemies. The psalmist speaks of God protecting him as if God were a strong, safe shelter. Alternate translation: “you protect me like a high tower”

Parallel PSA 59:9