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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Οὐκ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν, ἀπαγγέλλοντες τὰς αἰνέσεις Κυρίου καὶ τὰς δυναστείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ ἃ ἐποίησε.
(Ouk ekrubaʸ apo tōn teknōn autōn eis genean heteran, apangellontes tas aineseis Kuriou kai tas dunasteias autou, kai ta thaumasia autou ha epoiaʸse. )

BrTr They were not hid from their children to a second generation; the fathers declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought.

UST All during the night he prevented me from sleeping;
⇔ I was so worried that I did not know what to say.

OEB When you hold my eyes awake,
⇔ and I am restless and speechless,

WEBBE ⇔ You hold my eyelids open.
⇔ I am so troubled that I can’t speak.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You held my eyelids open;
⇔ I was troubled and could not speak.

LSV You have taken hold of the watches of my eyes,
I have been moved, and I do not speak.

FBV You stop me going to sleep;[fn] I'm so upset I can't even talk.

77:4 Literally, “you seize my eyelids.”

T4T All during the night he prevents me from sleeping;
⇔ I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.

LEB • open my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak.

BBE You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

Moff all night I never close my eyes,
⇔ I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

JPS (77-5) Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.

ASV Thou holdest mine eyes watching:
⇔ I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

DRA They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he hath done.

YLT Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

Drby Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.

RV Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Wbstr Thou holdest my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

KJB-1769 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

KJB-1611 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speake.

Bshps Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies: I was amased & coulde not speake.
(Thou dydst keep the watche of mine eies: I was amazed and could not speake.)

Gnva Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonied and could not speake.
(Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonished and could not speake. )

Cvdl Sela. Thou heldest myne eyes wakynge, I was so feble, that I coude not speake,
(Sela. Thou heldest mine eyes wakynge, I was so feble, that I could not speake,)

Wyc Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide.
(Tho been not hid from the sons of hem; in another generation. And they told the heriyngis of the Lord, and the virtuees of him; and his merueilis, whyche he dide.)

Luth Wenn ich betrübt bin, so denke ich an GOtt; wenn mein Herz in Ängsten ist; so rede ich. Sela.
(When I betrübt am, so denke I at God; when my heart in Ängsten is; so rede I. Sela.)

ClVg Non sunt occultata a filiis eorum in generatione altera, narrantes laudes Domini et virtutes ejus, et mirabilia ejus quæ fecit.
(Non are occultata from childrens their in generatione altera, narrantes laudes Master and virtutes his, and mirabilia his which fecit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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(Some words not found in UHB: remember ʼElohīm and,moan meditate and,grows_faint my=breath/wind/spirit selah )

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After speaking about God, Asaph speaks to God in verse 4 and then returns to speaking about God.

You held my eyes open

(Some words not found in UHB: remember ʼElohīm and,moan meditate and,grows_faint my=breath/wind/spirit selah )

Alternate translation: “I said to God, ‘You held my eyes open.’”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

held my eyes open

(Some words not found in UHB: remember ʼElohīm and,moan meditate and,grows_faint my=breath/wind/spirit selah )

Open eyes is a metonym for being unable to sleep. Alternate translation: “kept me from sleeping”

Parallel PSA 77:4

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