PSA 69:20 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 69:21: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=David (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 68:21) Ὀνειδισμὸν προσεδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν· καὶ ὑπέμεινα συλλυπούμενον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπῆρξε, καὶ παρακαλοῦντα, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον.
(Oneidismon prosedokaʸsen haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou kai talaipōrian; kai hupemeina sullupoumenon, kai ouⱪ hupaʸrxe, kai parakalounta, kai ouⱪ heuron.)

BrTr (PSA 68:21) My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

ULT Reproach has broken my heart,
⇔ and I am sick.
⇔ Though I waited for sympathy, yet there was none,
⇔ and for comforters, yet I did not find.

UST Their insults have deeply offended me, and I feel very badly.
⇔ I wanted someone to feel sorry for me and encourage me,
⇔ but no one did.

BSB & MSB Insults have broken my heart,
⇔ and I am in despair.
⇔ I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
⇔ for comforters, but I found no one.

OEB Insult has broken my heart,
⇔ past cure are my shame and confusion.
⇔ For pity I looked – there was none!
⇔ And for comforters, but I found none.

WEBBE & WMBB Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
⇔ I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
⇔ for comforters, but I found none.

NET Their insults are painful and make me lose heart;
⇔ I look for sympathy, but receive none,
⇔ for comforters, but find none.

LSV Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick,
And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none,
And for comforters, and I have found none.

FBV Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion.

T4T Their insults have deeply offended me,
⇔ and I ◄feel helpless/am in despair►.
⇔ I searched for someone who would pity me,
⇔ but there was no one.
⇔ I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me,
⇔ but there were none.

LEB • Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick.
• And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,
• and for comforters, but I found none.

BBE My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

Moff their taunts have broken my heart,
⇔ I am sick to the soul;
⇔ I look for pity—there is none,
⇔ for comforters, but all in vain.

JPS (PSA 69:21) (69-22) Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

ASV Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:
⇔ And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
⇔ And for comforters, but I found none.

DRA (PSA 68:21) In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

YLT Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

Drby Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

RV Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
(Reproach hath/has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.)

SLT Reproach broke my heart, and I shall be ill at ease: and I shall hope for comforting, and none; and for those consoling, and I found not.

Wbstr Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

KJB-1769 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.[fn]
(Reproach hath/has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.)

69.20 to take…: Heb. to lament with me

KJB-1611 Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some [fn]to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

69:20 Heb. to lament with me.

Bshps Reproofe hath broke my heart a peeces, I am full of heauinesse: I loked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none, and for some that shoulde comfort me, but I coulde fynde none.
(Reproof hath/has broke my heart a pieces, I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was none, and for some that should comfort me, but I could find none.)

Gnva Rebuke hath broken mine heart, and I am full of heauinesse, and I looked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.
(Rebuke hath/has broken mine heart, and I am full of heaviness, and I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.)

Cvdl Thou knowest my reprofe, my shame & my dishonor: my aduersaries are all in thy sight.
(Thou/You knowest/know my reproof, my shame and my dishonour: my adversaries are all in thy/your sight.)

Wycl (PSA 68:21) Alle that troblen me ben in thi siyt; myn herte abood schendschipe, and wretchidnesse. And Y abood hym, that was sory togidere, and noon was; and that schulde coumforte, and Y foond not.
(All that troubling me been in thy/your sight; mine heart abode/stayed disgrace, and wretchedness. And I abode/stayed him, that was sorry together, and noon was; and that should comfort, and I found not.)

Luth (PSA 69:21) Die Schmach bricht mir mein Herz und kränket mich. Ich warte, ob es jemand jammerte, aber da ist niemand; und auf Tröster, aber ich finde keine.
(The disgrace breaks to_me my heart and hurts/offends me. I wait, if/whether it someone moaned, but there is no_one; and on/in/to comforter, but I find no.)

ClVg (PSA 68:21) in conspectu tuo sunt omnes qui tribulant me. Improperium exspectavit cor meum et miseriam: et sustinui qui simul contristaretur, et non fuit; et qui consolaretur, et non inveni.[fn]
(in/into/on in_sight your are everyone who/which they_trouble me. Abuse expected heart mine and misery: and I_endured who/which at_the_same_time would_be_saddened, and not/no it_was; and who/which to_be_comforted, and not/no I_found.)

68.21 In conspectu tuo. CAS. Invidiam ex citat contra eos, ut tantum scelus præsente Deo committerent. Cor meum. Quia voluntate sustinuit, secundum illud: Desiderio desideravi hoc pascha manducare vobiscum. Qui simul contristaretur, et non fuit; et qui consolaretur, et non inveni. AUG. Contristati sunt discipuli et mulieres quæ super eum flebant, sed non simul. Carnaliter enim contristabantur de vita mortali, quæ erat mutanda morte, cum deberent cum eo contristari de cæteris, qui medicum occidebant, quod nemo tunc fecit.

68.21 In in_sight your. CAS. Envy from urges_on on_the_contrary them, as only crime present to_God they_would_commit. Heart mine. Because willingly endured, after/second it/this/that: I_desire I_desired this passover to_eat with_you(pl). Who at_the_same_time would_be_saddened, and not/no it_was; and who/which to_be_comforted, and not/no I_found. AUG. Saddened are disciples/students and women which over him they_were_crying, but not/no at_the_same_time. Carnally/sensually because they_were_saddened from/about life mortal, which was to_be_changed death, when/with they_should when/with by_him to_be_sad from/about the_rests, who/which doctor they_were_killing, that nobody/no_one then he_did.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

חֶרְפָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: insults broken heart_of,my and,I,have_become_sick and,I_waited to,show_sympathy and,there_[was]_not and,for,comforters and=not found )

David speaks of Reproach as if it were a person who could break a person’s heart. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am brokenhearted because of reproach]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִבִּ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: insults broken heart_of,my and,I,have_become_sick and,I_waited to,show_sympathy and,there_[was]_not and,for,comforters and=not found )

Here, my heart represents “my emotions.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [my spirit]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וָ⁠אֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָ⁠נ֣וּד וָ⁠אַ֑יִן

(Some words not found in UHB: insults broken heart_of,my and,I,have_become_sick and,I_waited to,show_sympathy and,there_[was]_not and,for,comforters and=not found )

David uses the word Though here to indicate a contrast between what he expected and what actually happened. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Even though I waited for sympathy, there was none]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וָ⁠אֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָ⁠נ֣וּד וָ⁠אַ֑יִן וְ֝⁠לַ⁠מְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְ⁠לֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי

(Some words not found in UHB: insults broken heart_of,my and,I,have_become_sick and,I_waited to,show_sympathy and,there_[was]_not and,for,comforters and=not found )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Another approach would be to connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. See how you as a team have decided to translate the parallel phrases in the Psalms, and follow that approach here and throughout this psalm. Alternate translation: [I waited for someone to show compassion, yet no one came]

Parallel PSA 69:20