PSA 74:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A song[fn] by Asaf.
⇔ Why God, have you rejected us forever?
⇔ Why are you so angry at the sheep in your pasture?

74:0 In Hebrew, ‘maskil’, is perhaps the name of this class of song.

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 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, μὴ διαφθείρῃς, ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς τῷ Ἀσάφ.
(Eis to telos, maʸ diaftheiraʸs, psalmos ōdaʸs tōi Asaf.)

ULT A Maskil of Asaph. Why God, have you rejected us forever?
⇔ Why does your nose smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

UST A Levite from the clan of Asaph wrote this song.
⇔ God, it feels as if you have permanently abandoned us!
⇔ You care for us Israelites the way a shepherd cares for his flock.
⇔ So please do not continue to be angry with us.

BSB A Maskil[fn] of Asaph.
⇔ Why have You rejected us forever, O God?
⇔ Why does Your anger smolder
⇔ against the sheep of Your pasture?

74:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB A maskil of Asaph.
⇔ Why, O God, have you spurned us forever?
⇔ Why smokes your wrath against the sheep of your pasture?

WEBBE God, why have you rejected us forever?
⇔ Why does your anger smoulder against the sheep of your pasture?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us?
⇔ Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

LSV AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Why, O God, have You cast off forever? Your anger smokes against the flock of Your pasture.

FBV God, why have you rejected us? Is it forever? Why does your anger burn so hot against the sheep of your own field?

T4T God, why have you abandoned/rejected us?
⇔ Will you keep rejecting us forever [RHQ]?
⇔ Why are you angry with us,
⇔ since we are like sheep in your pasture and you are like our shepherd? [MET, RHQ]

LEB • A maskil of Asaph.[fn]
• Why, O God, have you rejected us forever?
• Why does your anger smoke
• against the sheep of your pasture?

74:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm

BBE Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

Moff Why discard us, O God, for ever?
⇔ Why fume in anger at the flock of thine own pasture?

JPS Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?

ASV O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?
⇔ Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

DRA Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph.

YLT An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

Drby Why, O [fn]God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

74.1 Elohim

RV O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
(Oh God, why hast thou/you cast us off forever? why doth/does thine/your anger smoke against the sheep of thy/your pasture?)

SLT Understanding to Asaph. Wherefore, O God, didst thou reject forever? will thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy feeding?

Wbstr Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

KJB-1769 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?[fn]
(Oh God, why hast thou/you cast us off forever? why doth/does thine/your anger smoke against the sheep of thy/your pasture?)

74.1 Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction

KJB-1611 ¶ O God, why hast thou cast vs off for euer? why doeth thine anger smoke against the sheepe of thy pasture?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps A wise instruction (to be song) of Asaph. O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether? wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture.
(A wise instruction (to be song) of Asaph. Oh Lord wherefore dost/do thou/you forsake us altogether? wherefore breaketh/breaks forth thy/your anger against the sheep of thy/your pasture.)

Gnva A Psalme to give instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?
(A Psalm to give instruction, committed to Asaph. Oh God, why hast thou/you put us away forever? why is thy/your wrath kindled against the sheep of thy/your pasture?)

Cvdl O God, wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane awaye? why is yi wrath so hote agaynst ye shepe of yi pasture?
(Oh God, wherefore dost/do thou/you cast us so clean away? why is ye/you_all wrath so hot against ye/you_all sheep of ye/you_all pasture?)

Wycl The title of the foure and seuentithe salm. `To the ouercomere; leese thou not the salm of the song of Asaph.
(The title of the four and seventieth psalm. To the overcomer; lose thou/you not the psalm of the song of Asaph.)

Luth Eine Unterweisung Assaphs. GOtt, warum verstößest du uns sogar und bist so grimmig zornig über die Schafe deiner Weide?
(A/One instruction/guidance of_Asaph. God, why violated you(sg) us/to_us/ourselves even and are so grim angry above the sheep your(s) pasture/meadow?)

ClVg In finem, ne corrumpas. Psalmus cantici Asaph.[fn]
(In the_end, not corrupt. Psalm songs Asaph.)

74.1 In finem, ne corrumpas, etc. AUG. Monet hic psalmus, etc., usque ad ut Judæi credant, non corrumpant fidem.

74.1 In the_end, not corrupt, etc. AUG. Monet this/here psalm/song, etc., until to as Jews believe, not/no corrumpant faith.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-transliterate

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph ,why? ʼElohīm rejected to,perpetuity smoke anger_of,your on,the_sheep_of your_pasture_of,your )

The superscription to this psalm identifies it as a maskil. Since the meaning of this word is not certain, you may wish to represent it in its Hebrew form and spell it the way it sounds in your language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ⁠מָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָ⁠נֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּ⁠ךָ֗ בְּ⁠צֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽ⁠ךָ

,why? ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph ,why? ʼElohīm rejected to,perpetuity smoke anger_of,your on,the_sheep_of your_pasture_of,your )

Asaph is using the question form to express his anguish at God’s anger toward his people. 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: [God, you have rejected us forever! Your nose should not smoke against the flock of your pasture.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּ⁠ךָ֗

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph ,why? ʼElohīm rejected to,perpetuity smoke anger_of,your on,the_sheep_of your_pasture_of,your )

Asaph is using does your nose smoke as a common expression of the culture to mean that God is angry. If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Why are you angry]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠צֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph ,why? ʼElohīm rejected to,perpetuity smoke anger_of,your on,the_sheep_of your_pasture_of,your )

Here Asaph is speaking of God’s people as if they were the flock of a shepherd, and of God as if he were a shepherd who cares for them in your pasture. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [against the people you care for]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠צֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: maskil of,Asaph ,why? ʼElohīm rejected to,perpetuity smoke anger_of,your on,the_sheep_of your_pasture_of,your )

Asaph is using the possessive form to describe a flock that is associated with a pasture. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [against the flock that you pasture]

Parallel PSA 74:1