PSA 62:3 Parallel Verse View

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Part a: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator
Part b: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=unclear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

_C62.htm#C62V3">62:4 Note: KJB: Ps.62.3

_C62.htm#C62V3">62:4 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

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 61:4) Ἕως πότε ἐπιτίθεσθε ἐπʼ ἄνθρωπον; φονεύετε πάντες ὡς τοίχῳ κεκλιμένῳ καὶ φραγμῷ ὠσμένῳ.
(Heōs pote epitithesthe epʼ anthrōpon; foneuete pantes hōs toiⱪōi keklimenōi kai fragmōi ōsmenōi.)

BrTr (PSA 61:4) How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.

ULT Until when will you shout at a man?
⇔ You will be smashed, all of you,
⇔ like a leaning wall, an overthrown fence.

UST My enemies are threatening me,
⇔ but they will not be able to keep doing that.
⇔ God will destroy all of them, just as a leaning wall falls down
⇔ and just as people can push a fence onto the ground.

BSB & MSB How long will you threaten a man?
⇔ Will all of you throw him down
⇔ like a leaning wall
⇔ or a tottering fence?

OEB How long will you, all of you, batter a man,
⇔ as one might a leaning wall?

WEBBE & WMBB How long will you assault a man?
⇔ Would all of you throw him down,
⇔ like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

NET How long will you threaten a man?
⇔ All of you are murderers,
⇔ as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

LSV Until when do you devise mischief against a man? All of you are destroyed,
As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

FBV How long are you[fn] going to attack me? All of you against one man! To you I'm just a broken wall, a collapsed fence.

62:3 The psalmist now addresses his enemies.

T4T ⇔ When will you, my enemies, stop attacking me [RHQ]?
⇔ I feel that I am as useless against you as a wall that is about to fall over or a broken-down fence [MET].

LEB • How long will you attack a man?
• All of you will be shattered[fn]
• like a leaning wall, a tottering fence.

62:? Or “All of you shatter him”

BBE How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Moff ⇔ How long will you be threatening a man,
⇔ you murderers all,
⇔ as if he were a shaky fence,
⇔ a tottering wall?

JPS (PSA 62:4) (62-5) They only devise to thrust him down from his height, delighting in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

ASV How long will ye set upon a man,
⇔ That ye may slay him, all of you,
⇔ Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

DRA (PSA 61:4) How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.

YLT Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

Drby How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

RV How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, like a bowing wall, like a tottering fence?
(How long will ye/you_all set upon a man, that ye/you_all may slay him, all of you, like a bowing wall, like a tottering fence?)

SLT How long will ye set upon a man? ye will kill all of you: as a wall inclining, a wall thrust down.

Wbstr How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be , and as a tottering fence.

KJB-1769 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
(How long will ye/you_all imagine mischief against a man? ye/you_all shall be slain/killed all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye/you_all be, and as a tottering fence.)

KJB-1611 How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shall be slaine all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man? ye shalbe slayne all the sort of you: ye shalbe as a tottering wall, and like a broken hedge.
(How long will ye/you_all imagine mischief against every man? ye/you_all shall be slain/killed all the sort of you: ye/you_all shall be as a tottering wall, and like a broken hedge.)

Gnva How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken.
(How long will ye/you_all imagine mischief against a man? ye/you_all shall be all slain/killed: ye/you_all shall be as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken.)

Cvdl How longe wil ye ymagin myschefe agaynst euery man? ye shal be slayne all ye sorte of you: yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be, & like a broken hedge.
(How long will ye/you_all imagine mischief against every man? ye/you_all shall be slain/killed all ye/you_all sort of you: ye/you_all as a tottering wall shall ye/you_all be, and like a broken hedge.)

Wycl (PSA 61:4) Hou longe fallen ye on a man? alle ye sleen; as to a wal bowid, and a wal of stoon with out morter cast doun.
(How long fallen ye/you_all on a man? all ye/you_all slain/killed; as to a wall bowed, and a wall of stone with out mortar cast down.)

Luth (PSA 62:4) Wie lange stellet ihr alle einem nach, daß ihr ihn erwürget, als eine hangende Wand und zerrissene Mauer?
(How long sets you(pl)/their/her all on after, that you(pl)/their/her him/it strangled/choked, as a/one hanging wall and torn wall?)

ClVg (PSA 61:4) Quousque irruitis in hominem? interficitis universi vos, tamquam parieti inclinato et maceriæ depulsæ.[fn]
(How_long you(pl)_rush in/into/on man? you_kill of_the_universe/all_together you(pl), as_if wall by_bending and wall driven_away.)

61.4 Quousque irruitis. Ibid. Vel, secundum aliam litteram: Quousque apponitis, et idem sensus. Apponunt enim mali super hominem, id est, super Ecclesiam, onera passionum: ut usque in finem impleat quisque fidelis in corpore suo quod deest passionum Christi. Universi vos. CASS. Vel, secundum aliam litteram: Omnes vos, quasi vos omnes interficitis hominem illum, quantum ad hominem, non omnes unum, sed Ecclesiam; sed quia Deus susceptor non movebor. AUG. Quousque, a sanguine Abel, etc., usque ad non scilicet quod est fundator altissimus. In hominem. CASS. In corpus potestas vobis data est, non in animam. Irruitis. Non leviter, sed interficitis innocentem; putatis quod sine defensore sit, et quod facile corruat, ut paries inclinatus, qui etiam non impulsus caderet. Et quasi maceria, quæ est constructio saxorum sine ligamine cæmenti; et ne de ipsa novitate firmam putes, addit impulsæ, vel, non est vobis irruendum, quia vos ipsos interficitis universi, etiam consentientes.

61.4 How_long you(pl)_rush. There. Or, after/second another literally: How_long you(pl)_add, and the_same sense. They_add because evil over man, that it_is, over assembly/church, burdens of_passions: as until in/into/on the_end fill everyone/whoever faithful in/into/on body his_own that is_missing of_passions Christi. Of_the_universe/all_together you(pl). CASS. Or, after/second another literally: All_of_them you(pl), as_if you(pl) everyone you_kill man him, how_much to man, not/no everyone one, but assembly/church; but because God undertaker not/no I_will_move. AUG. How_long, from blood Abel, etc., until to not/no namely that it_is be_founded highest. In man. CASS. In body power to_you(pl) data it_is, not/no in/into/on the_soul. You(pl)_rush. Not/No lightly, but you_kill innocent; you_think that without defender be, and that facile may_collapse, as wall inclined, who/which also not/no pushed would_fall. And as_if wall, which it_is construction of_stones without bandage small_stones; and not from/about herself novelty firm you_think, adds pushed, or, not/no it_is to_you(pl) to_be_rushed, because you(pl) themselves you_kill of_the_universe/all_together, also agreeing.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

עַד־אָ֤נָה ׀ תְּהֽוֹתְת֣וּ עַל אִישׁ֮

until to_when? (Some words not found in UHB: until to_when? assail on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man attack of_you_of,all like,a_wall leaning fence (the)_pushed,down )

David is using the question form to express his frustration at his enemies for attacking him. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You have attacked me far too long!] or [Stop attacking me!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אִישׁ֮

(a)_man

Here the masculine term a man refers to the psalmist himself. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that makes this clear as modeled in the UST.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

תְּרָצְּח֪וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: until to_when? assail on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man attack of_you_of,all like,a_wall leaning fence (the)_pushed,down )

The expression You will be smashed is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is God. Alternate translation: [God will smash you] or [God will crush you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠קִ֥יר נָט֑וּי גָּ֝דֵ֗ר הַ⁠דְּחוּיָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: until to_when? assail on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man attack of_you_of,all like,a_wall leaning fence (the)_pushed,down )

The point of this comparison is that just as a leaning wall and an overthrown fence will collapse, so the psalmist’s enemies will be destroyed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and will collapse like a leaning wall or an overthrown fence]

Parallel PSA 62:3