PSA 79:1 Parallel Verse View

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Part a: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator
Part b: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Asaf
(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 78:1) Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ.
¶ Ὁ Θεὸς, ἤλθοσαν ἔθνη εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, ἐμίαναν τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἅγιόν σου· ἔθεντο Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς ὀπωροφυλάκιον.
(psalmos tōi Asaf.
¶ Ho Theos, aʸlthosan ethnaʸ eis taʸn klaʸronomian sou, emianan ton naon ton hagion sou; ethento Hierousalaʸm eis opōrofulakion.)

BrTr (PSA 78:1) A Psalm for Asaph.
¶ O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; they have polluted thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

ULT A psalm. Of Asaph.
⇔ God, nations have come into your inheritance;
⇔ they have defiled the temple of your holiness;
⇔ they have made Jerusalem into heaps.

UST A Levite from the clan of Asaph wrote this song.
⇔ God, foreign nations have invaded the land that belongs to you.
⇔ They have made your holy temple unfit for worship,
⇔ and they have made Jerusalem a pile of ruins.

BSB The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance;
⇔ they have defiled Your holy temple
⇔ [and] reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

OEB Heathen, O God, have come into your land,
⇔ defiling your holy temple,
⇔ and laying Jerusalem in ruins.

WEBBE God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
⇔ They have defiled your holy temple.
⇔ They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

NET O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land;
⇔ they have polluted your holy temple
⇔ and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.

LSV A PSALM OF ASAPH. O God, nations have come into Your inheritance,
They have defiled Your holy temple,
They made Jerusalem become heaps,

FBV God, heathen nations have invaded your land. They have defiled your holy Temple. They have turned Jerusalem into heaps of rubble.

T4T God, other people-groups have invaded your land.
⇔ They have ◄desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship►,
⇔ and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.

LEB •
• O God, the nations have entered your inheritance;
• they have defiled your holy temple;
• they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.

BBE O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.

Moff O God, the pagans have invaded thy preserve,
⇔ they have profaned thy sacred shrine,
⇔ they have laid Jerusalem in ruins;

JPS A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps.

ASV O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance;
⇔ Thy holy temple have they defiled;
⇔ They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

DRA (PSA 78:1) A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

YLT A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,

Drby O [fn]God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

79.1 Elohim

RV O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
(Oh God, the heathen are come into thine/your inheritance; thy/your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Yerusalem on heaps.)

SLT Chanting to Asaph. O God, the nations came into thine inheritance; they defiled thy holy temple; they set Jerusalem for ruins.

Wbstr A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

KJB-1769 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.[fn]
(Oh God, the heathen are come into thine/your inheritance; thy/your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Yerusalem on heaps.)

79.1 of: or, for

KJB-1611 ¶ O God, the heathen are come into thine, inheritance, thy holy temple haue they defiled: they haue layd Ierusalem on heapes.
(¶ Oh God, the heathen are come into thine, inheritance, thy/your holy temple have they defiled: they have laid Yerusalem on heaps.)

Bshps A psalme of Asaph. O Lord, the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce: they haue defiled thy holy temple, they haue made Hierusale an heape of stones
(A psalm of Asaph. Oh Lord, the heathen are come into thine/your inheritance: they have defiled thy/your holy temple, they have made Yerusalem an heap of stones)

Gnva A Psalme committed to Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thine holy Temple haue they defiled, and made Ierusalem heapes of stones.
(A Psalm committed to Asaph. Oh God, the heathen are come into thine/your inheritance: thine/your holy Temple have they defiled, and made Yerusalem heaps of stones.)

Cvdl O God, ye Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage: thy holy temple haue they defyled, and made Ierusalem an heape of stones.
(Oh God, ye/you_all Heathen are fallen in to thine/your heritage: thy/your holy temple have they defiled, and made Yerusalem an heap of stones.)

Wycl (PSA 78:1) The `title of the eiyte and seuentithe salm. Of Asaph. God, hethene men cam in to thin eritage; thei defouliden thin hooli temple, thei settiden Jerusalem in to the keping of applis.
(The title of the eight and seventieth psalm. Of Asaph. God, heathen men came in to thin heritage; they defiled thin holy temple, they set/placed Yerusalem in to the keeping of apples.)

Luth Ein Psalm Assaphs. HErr, es sind Heiden in dein Erbe gefallen, die haben deinen heiligen Tempel verunreiniget und aus Jerusalem Steinhaufen gemacht.
(A Psalm of_Asaph. LORD, it are heathens in your(s) heritage fallen, the have your(s) holy temple contaminated and out_of Jerusalem piles_of_stones made.)

ClVg (PSA 78:1) Psalmus Asaph. [Deus, venerunt gentes in hæreditatem tuam; polluerunt templum sanctum tuum; posuerunt Jerusalem in pomorum custodiam.
(Psalm/Song Asaph. [God, they_came people/nations in/into/on inheritance your(sg); they_polluted the_temple/sanctuary holy your(sg); they_put Yerusalem in/into/on of_apples custody.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם ׀ בְּֽ⁠נַחֲלָתֶ֗⁠ךָ

ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph ʼElohīm they_went nations in,inheritance_of,your defiled DOM temple_of your_holiness_of,your laid DOM Yerushalayim into,heaps_of_ruins )

Asaph is using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling of anguish over the invasion of Israel. If your language has a comparable way to express this feeling, you could use it in your translation. Alternate translation: [O God, nations have invaded your inheritance]

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

גוֹיִ֨ם

nations

Here Asaph is introducing the nations as new participants in the psalm. He does not specify which nations, but refers to foreign peoples in general. Your language may have its own way of introducing new participants that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [foreign nations]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּֽ⁠נַחֲלָתֶ֗⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph ʼElohīm they_went nations in,inheritance_of,your defiled DOM temple_of your_holiness_of,your laid DOM Yerushalayim into,heaps_of_ruins )

Here Asaph is speaking of the land of Israel being different than other parts of the earth by calling it God’s inheritance. This means the land that God specially reserved for him and his people. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [into your special possession]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּֽ⁠נַחֲלָתֶ֗⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph ʼElohīm they_went nations in,inheritance_of,your defiled DOM temple_of your_holiness_of,your laid DOM Yerushalayim into,heaps_of_ruins )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [into what you have inherited]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קָדְשֶׁ֑⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph ʼElohīm they_went nations in,inheritance_of,your defiled DOM temple_of your_holiness_of,your laid DOM Yerushalayim into,heaps_of_ruins )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of holiness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [you who are holy]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם ׀ בְּֽ⁠נַחֲלָתֶ֗⁠ךָ טִ֭מְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשֶׁ֑⁠ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לְ⁠עִיִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,Asaph ʼElohīm they_went nations in,inheritance_of,your defiled DOM temple_of your_holiness_of,your laid DOM Yerushalayim into,heaps_of_ruins )

These three phrases all describe the enemy’s attack on what belongs to God. Each phrase intensifies the devastation, moving from invasion to defilement to destruction. 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. For more information on how to translate parallel phrases see the Psalm 79 Introduction. Alternate translation: [nations have invaded your land, made your holy temple unclean, and turned Jerusalem into piles of rubble]

Parallel PSA 79:1