PSA 70:5 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (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 69:6) Ἐγὼ δὲ πτωχὸς καὶ πένης, ὁ Θεὸς βοήθησόν μοι· βοηθός μου, καὶ ῥύστης μου εἶ σὺ, Κύριε μὴ χρονίσῃς.
(Egō de ptōⱪos kai penaʸs, ho Theos boaʸthaʸson moi; boaʸthos mou, kai ɽustaʸs mou ei su, Kurie maʸ ⱪronisaʸs.)

BrTr (PSA 69:6) But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.

ULT But I, am poor and needy;
⇔ God, hurry to me!
⇔ You, are my help and my deliverer;
⇔ Yahweh, do not delay!

UST But right now I am in very difficult circumstances,
⇔ so please act quickly to help me, God!
⇔ Yahweh, you are the one who helps me and saves me,
⇔ so please help me right away!

BSB & MSB But I [am] poor and needy;
⇔ hurry to me, O God.
⇔ You are my help and my deliverer;
⇔ O LORD, do not delay.

OEB I am weak and needy:
⇔ make haste, God, to me.
⇔ You are my help and deliverer;
⇔ Lord, don’t delay.

WEBBE & WMBB But I am poor and needy.
⇔ Come to me quickly, God.
⇔ You are my help and my deliverer.
⇔ LORD, don’t delay.

NET I am oppressed and needy!
⇔ O God, hurry to me!
⇔ You are my helper and my deliverer!
⇔ O Lord, do not delay!

LSV And I [am] poor and needy, O God, hurry to me,
You [are] my help and my deliverer,
O YHWH, do not linger!

FBV As for me, I am poor and needy. Hurry, God, help me! Save me! Lord, don't wait!

T4T ⇔ As for me, I am poor and needy [DOU];
⇔ so God, come quickly to help me!
⇔ Yahweh, you are the one who saves and helps me,
⇔ so please come quickly!

LEB • But I am poor and needy;
• O God hasten to me.
• You are my help and my deliverer.
• O Yahweh, do not delay.

BBE But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

Moff As for me, I am weak and wretched;
⇔ O God, make hast to me.
⇔ Thou art my help and my deliverer;
⇔ tarry not, O Eternal.

JPS No JPS PSA 70:6 verse available

ASV But I am poor and needy;
⇔ Make haste unto me, O God:
⇔ Thou art my help and my deliverer;
⇔ O Jehovah, make no tarrying.

DRA (PSA 69:6) But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay.

YLT And I [am] poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!

Drby But I am afflicted and needy: make haste unto me, O [fn]God. Thou art my help and my deliverer: O Jehovah, make no delay.

70.5 Elohim

RV But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
(But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, Oh God: thou/you art my help and my deliverer; Oh LORD, make no tarrying/waiting.)

SLT And I am poor and needy: O God, hasten to me, my help and my deliverer; thou, O Jehovah, wilt not delay.

Wbstr But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no delay.

KJB-1769 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
(But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, Oh God: thou/you art my help and my deliverer; Oh LORD, make no tarrying/waiting.)

KJB-1611 But I am poore and needy, make haste vnto me, O God: Thou art my helpe and my deliuerer, O LORD make no tarrying.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps As for me I am poore and in miserie, hasten thee vnto me O Lorde: thou art my ayde and my delyuerer, O God make no long tarying.
(As for me I am poor and in misery, hasten thee/you unto me Oh Lord: thou/you art my aid and my deliverer, Oh God make no long tarrying/waiting.)

Gnva Nowe I am poore and needie: O God, make haste to me: thou art mine helper, and my deliuerer: O Lord, make no tarying.
(Now I am poor and needy: Oh God, make haste to me: thou/you art mine helper, and my deliverer: Oh Lord, make no tarrying/waiting.)

Cvdl As for me, I am poore & in misery, haist the God for to helpe me. Thou art my helpe, my redemer & my God: oh make no longe tarienge.
(As for me, I am poor and in misery, haste the God for to help me. Thou/You art my help, my redeemer and my God: oh make no long tarrying/waiting.)

Wycl (PSA 69:6) Forsothe Y am a nedi man, and pore; God, helpe thou me. Thou art myn helper and my delyuerere; Lord, tarye thou not.
(For_certain/Truly I am a needy man, and pore; God, help thou/you me. Thou/You art mine helper and my deliverer; Lord, wait thou/you not.)

Luth (PSA 70:6) Ich aber bin elend und arm. GOtt, eile zu mir, denn du bist mein Helfer und Erretter; mein GOtt, verzeuch nicht!
(I but am miserable/poor and arm. God, hurry to/for to_me, because/than you(sg) are my helper/assistant and saviour/rescuer; my God, forgiveness not!)

ClVg (PSA 69:6) Ego vero egenus et pauper sum; Deus, adjuva me. Adjutor meus et liberator meus es tu; Domine, ne moreris.][fn]
(I indeed/however needy/wanting and poor sum; God, help me. Helper mine and liberator mine you_are you(sg); Master, not you_die.])

69.6 Ego vero egenus. CAS. Quod hortor, facio, etc., usque ad ubi est dives, semper ambit, desiderat et accipit. Ne moreris. ID. Tardum videtur, quod magno desiderio quæritur. AUG. Ne mihi tardius videatur, quod venturus es, quod fit per patientiam; qua qui caret, tardum ei videtur, et deflectitur ab eo: ut uxor Lot, quæ fit statua salis, ut te condiat: exemplo enim tibi est ne retro aspicias.

69.6 I indeed/however needy/wanting. CAS. That I_encourage, I_do, etc., until to where it_is dives, always surrounds, desires and receives. Don’t you_die. ID. Slow it_seems, that great/highly desire is_wanted. AUG. Don’t to_me slower it_seems, that coming you_are, that fit through patience; which who/which caret, slow to_him it_seems, and is_bent_downwards away by_him: as wife Lot, which fit statue salt, as you(sg) may_season: example because to_you it_is not back you_may_look.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וַ⁠אֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְ⁠אֶבְיוֹן֮

and,I poor and,needy

David uses the word But here to indicate a contrast between the praise of God’s people described in the previous verse and his own current desperate situation. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Yet I am poor and needy]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עָנִ֣י וְ⁠אֶבְיוֹן֮

poor and,needy

The terms poor and needy mean similar things. David is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [am very needy]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אֱלֹהִ֪ים חֽוּשָׁ֫⁠ה־לִּ֥⁠י

ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: and,I poor and,needy ʼElohīm make,haste to/for=me help_of,[are]_my and,deliverer_of,my you(ms) YHWH not delay )

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: [God, please hurry to help me]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עֶזְרִ֣⁠י וּ⁠מְפַלְטִ֣⁠י

help_of,[are]_my and,deliverer_of,my

The terms help and deliverer mean similar things. David is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [my sure deliverer]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֶזְרִ֣⁠י

help_of,[are]_my

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: [my helper]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל־תְּאַחַֽר

YHWH not (Some words not found in UHB: and,I poor and,needy ʼElohīm make,haste to/for=me help_of,[are]_my and,deliverer_of,my you(ms) YHWH not delay )

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: [Yahweh, please do not delay!]

Parallel PSA 70:5