PSA 70:1 Parallel Verse View

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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 Τῷ Δαυὶδ υἱῶν Ἰωναδὰβ, καὶ τῶν πρώτων αἰχμαλωτισθέντων.
¶ Ἐπὶ σοὶ Κύριε ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
(Tōi Dawid huiōn Yōnadab, kai tōn prōtōn aiⱪmalōtisthentōn.
¶ Epi soi Kurie aʸlpisa, maʸ kataisⱪuntheiaʸn eis ton aiōna.)

BrTr By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive.
¶ O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.

ULT Save me, God!
⇔ Yahweh, come quickly and help me.

UST This is a note for the worship leader: wrote this psalm remind God that he had promised to help him.
⇔ Yahweh my God, please act quickly to rescue me!

BSB For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance.
⇔ [Make haste], O God, to deliver me!
⇔ Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB For the leader. Of David. For commemoration.
⇔ Quickly, God, deliver me,
⇔ hasten to help me, Lord.

WEBBE Hurry, God, to deliver me.
⇔ Come quickly to help me, LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET O God, please be willing to rescue me!
⇔ O Lord, hurry and help me!

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. “TO CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” O God, [hurry] to deliver me,
O YHWH, hurry to help me.

FBV God, save me! Hurry, Lord, help me!

T4T God, please save me!
⇔ Yahweh, come quickly to help me!

LEB • For the music director. Of David. To bring to remembrance.[fn]
• O God, make haste to deliver me.
• O Yahweh, make haste to help me.

70:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

BBE Let your salvation come quickly, O God; come quickly to my help, O Lord.

Moff To the rescue, O God,
⇔ O thou Eternal, hasten to my help!

JPS For the Leader. A Psalm of David; to make memorial. O God, to deliver me, O LORD, to help me, make haste.

ASV Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
⇔ Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

DRA A psalm for David. Of the sons of Jonadab, and the former captives. In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion:

YLT To the Overseer, by David. — 'To cause to remember.' O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help, haste.

Drby Make haste, O [fn]God, to deliver me; Jehovah, [hasten] to my help.

70.1 Elohim

RV Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
(Make haste, Oh God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, Oh LORD.)

SLT To the overseer: to David, to bring to remembrance. O God, to deliver me; O Jehovah hasten to help me.

Wbstr To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance. Make haste , O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

KJB-1769 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.[fn]
(Make haste, Oh God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, Oh LORD.)

70.1 to help…: Heb. to my help

KJB-1611 ¶ Make haste, O God, to deliuer mee, make haste [fn]to helpe me, O LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

70:1 Hebr. to my helpe.

Bshps To the chiefe musition (a psalme) of Dauid, to reduce in remembraunce. Haste thee O Lorde to delyuer me: make haste to helpe me O God.
(To the chief musician (a psalm) of David, to reduce in remembrance. Haste thee/you Oh Lord to deliver me: make haste to help me Oh God.)

Gnva To him excelleth. A Psalme of David to put in remembrance. O God, haste thee to deliuer mee: make haste to helpe me, O Lord.
(To him excelleth. A Psalm of David to put in remembrance. Oh God, haste thee/you to deliver me: make haste to help me, Oh Lord.)

Cvdl Haist the (o God) to delyuer me, & to helpe me, o LORDE.
(Haist the (o God) to deliver me, and to help me, o LORD.)

Wycl The seuentithe salm hath no title. Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schent with outen ende;
(The seventieth psalm hath/has no title. Lord, I hoped in thee/you, be I not harmed/shamed without end;)

Luth Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen zum Gedächtnis.
(A Psalm David's, to_sing_to for_the memory.)

ClVg Psalmus David, filiorum Jonadab, et priorum captivorum. [In te, Domine, speravi; non confundar in æternum.[fn]
(Psalm David, of_children Yonadab, and of_the_former captivorum. [In you(sg), Master, I_hoped; not/no confundar in/into/on eternal.)

70.1 In finem. AUG. De commendatione gratiæ, etc., usque ad fere singulis syllabis commendatur gratia. Filiorum Jonadab. ID. Filiis spontaneis, etc., usque ad qui ex se mali. CAS. Vel ita, monemur in titulo habere devotionem filiorum Jonadab, etc., usque ad illi vero consueta malitia in obstinatione permanserunt.

70.1 In the_end. AUG. From/About recommendsione thanks, etc., until to almost each syllabis recommended grace. Sonrum Yonadab. ID. Children spontaneis, etc., until to who/which from himself evil. CAS. Or so/thus, monemur in/into/on title to_have devotionm of_children Yonadab, etc., until to them indeed/however consueta malice/vice in/into/on obstinatione permanserunt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְ⁠הַצִּילֵ֑⁠נִי יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְ⁠עֶזְרָ֥תִ⁠י חֽוּשָֽׁ⁠ה

(Some words not found in UHB: to,choirmaster of,David to,make_remembrance )

These two phrases Hurry, God, to deliver me and Yahweh, to my help 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: [Hurry, Yahweh God, to deliver me and help me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְ⁠הַצִּילֵ֑⁠נִי & חֽוּשָֽׁ⁠ה

(Some words not found in UHB: to,choirmaster of,David to,make_remembrance )

This 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 hurry, God, to deliver me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְ⁠עֶזְרָ֥תִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: to,choirmaster of,David to,make_remembrance )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Yahweh, hurry to my help]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ⁠עֶזְרָ֥תִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: to,choirmaster of,David to,make_remembrance )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of help, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to help me]

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