PSA 68:9 Parallel Verse View

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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 Ἀπηλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, καὶ ξένος τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς μητρός μου·
(Apaʸllotriōmenos egenaʸthaʸn tois adelfois mou, kai xenos tois huiois taʸs maʸtros mou; )

ULT You, God, sent a plentiful rain;
⇔ you strengthened your inheritance when it was weary.

UST You caused plenty of rain to fall there in the wilderness,
⇔ and so you enabled good crops to grow again on that land that you gave to us Israelites.

OEB Rain in abundance, God, you did sprinkle,
⇔ restoring the languishing land of your heritage.

WEBBE You, God, sent a plentiful rain.
⇔ You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people.
⇔ When they are tired, you sustain them,

LSV You shake out a shower of free-will gifts, O God. Your inheritance, when it has been weary,
You have established it.

FBV You sent plenty of rain to water the promised land; refreshing it when it was dry.[fn]

68:9 This line could also be directly applied to the people of Israel, since the “inheritance” was both the land and the people.

T4T You caused plenty of rain to fall on your land,
⇔ and so you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave to us Israelis.

LEB • When your inheritance was weary you revived it.

BBE You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

Moff O God, thou didst pour down a generous rain,
⇔ reviving thy land as it languished;

JPS (68-10) A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.

ASV Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
⇔ Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

DRA I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

YLT A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.

Drby Thou, O [fn]God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

68.9 Elohim

RV Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Wbstr Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, by which thou didst confirm thy inheritance, when it was weary.

KJB-1769 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.[fn][fn]
(Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou/you didst confirm thine/your inheritance, when it was weary. )

68.9 send: Heb. shake out

68.9 confirm: Heb. confirm it

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Thou, O God, didst send a plentifull raine, whereby thou didst confirme thine inheritance, when it was weary.
(Thou, O God, didst send a plentifull rain, whereby thou/you didst confirm thine/your inheritance, when it was weary.)

68:9 Hebr. shake out.

68:9 Hebr. confirme it.

Bshps Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure: and when thine inheritaunce was weery, thou dydst hearten it.
(Thou O Lord dydst cause rain to fall at thy/your gratious pleasure: and when thine/your inheritance was weery, thou/you dydst hearten it.)

Gnva Thou, O God, sendest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance, and thou didest refresh it when it was wearie.
(Thou, O God, sendest a gracious rain upon thine/your inheritance, and thou/you didest refresh it when it was wearie. )

Cvdl Thou o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne enheritauce, & refreshest it, when it is drye.
(Thou o God sendest a gracious rain upon thine/your enheritauce, and refreshest it, when it is drye.)

Wycl I am maad a straunger to my britheren; and a pilgryme to the sones of my modir.
(I am made a stranger to my brethren/brothers; and a pilgryme to the sons of my modir.)

Luth da bebete die Erde, und die Himmel troffen vor diesem GOtt in Sinai, vor dem GOtt, der Israels GOtt ist.
(da bebete the earth, and the heaven troffen before/in_front_of this_one God in Sinai, before/in_front_of to_him God, the/of_the Israels God is.)

ClVg Extraneus factus sum fratribus meis, et peregrinus filiis matris meæ.[fn]
(Extraneus factus I_am fratribus mine, and peregrinus childrens matris meæ. )

68.9 Peregrinus. Vel hospes, qui in domo ad tempus recipitur; non ut frater charissimus, quod eram.

68.9 Peregrinus. Vel hospes, who in at_home to tempus recipitur; not/no as frater charissimus, that eram.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

you strengthened your inheritance when it was weary

(Some words not found in UHB: earth/land quaked also/though heavens poured_down from=face/in_front_of ʼElohīm this Şīnay from=face/in_front_of ʼElohīm god Yisrael )

The land of Israel is spoken of as if it was a person who could be weary, or could gain strength. Alternate translation: “you caused the land to produce good crops”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

your inheritance

(Some words not found in UHB: earth/land quaked also/though heavens poured_down from=face/in_front_of ʼElohīm this Şīnay from=face/in_front_of ʼElohīm god Yisrael )

The land that God gave to the Israelites is spoken of as if it was an inheritance that a father passed on to his children. Alternate translation: “the land that you gave to us Israelites”

Parallel PSA 68:9