PSA 77:9 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 77:10: 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 76:10) Ἢ ἐπιλήσεται τοῦ οἰκτειρῆσαι ὁ Θεὸς, ἢ συνέξει ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ τοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς αὐτοῦ; διάψαλμα.
(Aʸ epilaʸsetai tou oikteiraʸsai ho Theos, aʸ sunexei en taʸ orgaʸ autou tous oiktirmous autou; diapsalma.)

BrTr (PSA 76:10) Will God forget to pity? or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.

ULT Has God forgotten to be gracious?
⇔ Or has he shut up his compassions in, his nose? Selah

UST I asked myself whether God had forgotten to be gracious
⇔ and whether his anger had caused him to stop being compassionate. Selah

BSB & MSB Has God forgotten to be gracious?
⇔ Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah

OEB Has God forgotten to be gracious,
⇔ or in anger withheld his compassion?’ Selah

WEBBE & WMBB Has God forgotten to be gracious?
⇔ Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.

NET Has God forgotten to be merciful?
⇔ Has his anger stifled his compassion?”

LSV Has God forgotten [His] favors? Has He shut up His mercies in anger? Selah.

FBV Has God forgotten to be kind? Has he angrily slammed the door shut on his compassion? Selah.

T4T God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that?
⇔ Because he is angry with us, has he decided to not be kind to us?”
⇔ (Think about that!)

LEB • Has God forgotten to have compassion?
• Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah

BBE Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)

Moff Has God forgotten to be gracious?
⇔ Has he, in anger, stopped his pity?

JPS (PSA 77:10) (77-11) And I say: 'This is my weakness, that the right hand of the Most High could change.

ASV Hath God forgotten to be gracious?
⇔ Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? [Selah

DRA (PSA 76:10) Or will God forget to shew mercy? or will he in his anger shut up his mercies?

YLT Hath God forgotten [His] favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.

Drby Hath [fn]God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

77.9 El

RV Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah
(Hath/has God forgotten to be gracious? hath/has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah)

SLT Did God forget to compassionate? or in anger did he gather his compassion? Silence.

Wbstr Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

KJB-1769 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
(Hath/has God forgotten to be gracious? hath/has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.)

KJB-1611 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut vp his tender mercies? Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Hath God forgotten to be gratious? and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure? Selah.
(Hath/has God forgotten to be gracious? and will he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? Selah.)

Gnva Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah.
(Hath/has God forgotten to be merciful? hath/has he shut up his tender mercies in displeasure? Selah.)

Cvdl Hath the LORDE forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure?
(Hath/has the LORD forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath/has he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure?)

Wycl (PSA 76:10) Ethir schal God foryete to do mercy; ethir schal he withholde his mercies in his ire?
(Either shall God forget to do mercy; either shall he withhold his mercies in his ire?)

Luth (PSA 77:10) Hat denn GOtt vergessen, gnädig zu sein, und seine Barmherzigkeit vor Zorn verschlossen? Sela.
(Has because/than God forget, gracious to/for be, and his compassion before/in_front_of anger closed? Sela.)

ClVg (PSA 76:10) aut obliviscetur misereri Deus? aut continebit in ira sua misericordias suas?[fn]
(or will_forget to_have_mercy God? or will_contain in/into/on anger/rage his_own mercies their_own?)

76.10 Aut obliviscetur misereri Deus. AUG. In alio modo, non est misericordia, nisi Deus eam donet: et ipse erit sine ea. Rivus currit, fons siccatus est.

76.10 Or will_forget to_have_mercy God. AUG. In another just/only, not/no it_is mercy, except God her may_give: and exactly_that/himself will_be without them. Stream(n) runs, source/spring dried it_is.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הֲ⁠שָׁכַ֣ח חַנּ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל אִם־קָפַ֥ץ בְּ֝⁠אַ֗ף רַחֲמָ֥י⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: has,he_forgotten? gracious god if withheld in,anger compassion(s)_of,his selah )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Has God forgotten to be gracious and shut up his compassions in his nose]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

קָפַ֥ץ בְּ֝⁠אַ֗ף רַחֲמָ֥י⁠ו

withheld (Some words not found in UHB: has,he_forgotten? gracious god if withheld in,anger compassion(s)_of,his selah )

Asaph speaks of anger as if it were a person shutting a door to keep another person, compassion, from coming out. Alternate translation: [has God stopped showing us compassion because he is angry with us]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠שָׁכַ֣ח חַנּ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל אִם־קָפַ֥ץ בְּ֝⁠אַ֗ף רַחֲמָ֥י⁠ו סֶֽלָה

(Some words not found in UHB: has,he_forgotten? gracious god if withheld in,anger compassion(s)_of,his selah )

Asaph is using the question form to express his anguish and doubt, not to seek information. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [God has forgotten to be gracious. He has shut off his compassion in anger.] or [Surely God has not forgotten to be gracious! Surely his anger has not shut off his compassion!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

קָפַ֥ץ בְּ֝⁠אַ֗ף רַחֲמָ֥י⁠ו

withheld (Some words not found in UHB: has,he_forgotten? gracious god if withheld in,anger compassion(s)_of,his selah )

Asaph is speaking of God’s compassions as if they were something physical that his anger could shut up, like closing a door or stopping a flow. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [has his anger caused him to withhold his compassion] or [has he withheld his compassion because of his anger]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ֝⁠אַ֗ף

(Some words not found in UHB: has,he_forgotten? gracious god if withheld in,anger compassion(s)_of,his selah )

Here, nose represents anger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in his anger]

Parallel PSA 77:9