PSA 79:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (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 Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ σωθησόμεθα· διάψαλμα.
(Kurie ho Theos tōn dunameōn epistrepson haʸmas, kai epifanon to prosōpon sou, kai sōthaʸsometha; diapsalma. )

BrTr Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Pause.

ULT Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us;
⇔ may your merciful actions come to us,
⇔ for we are very low.

UST Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed!
⇔ Act mercifully toward us now
⇔ because we are very discouraged.

BSB ⇔ Do not hold past sins against us;
⇔ let Your compassion come quickly,
⇔ for we are brought low.

OEB Do not remember against us our ancestors’ sins;
⇔ O meet us soon with your pity,
⇔ for utterly weak are we.

WEBBE Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
⇔ Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
⇔ for we are in desperate need.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations!
⇔ Quickly send your compassion our way,
⇔ for we are in serious trouble!

LSV Do not remember for us the iniquities of forefathers,
Hurry, let Your mercies go before us,
For we have been very weak.

FBV Don't hold the sins of our forefathers against us! Come to us quickly for we desperately need your compassion.

T4T Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed!
⇔ Be merciful to us now/quickly,
⇔ because we are very discouraged.

LEB • let your mercies meet us quickly • because we are brought very low.

BBE Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

Moff Remember not our fathers’ sins against us;
⇔ let thy compassion hasten to our need,
⇔ for we are low indeed.

JPS Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low.

ASV Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers:
⇔ Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us;
⇔ For we are brought very low.

DRA O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

YLT Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Drby Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

RV Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

Wbstr O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily succor us: for we are brought very low.

KJB-1769 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.[fn]
(O remember not against us former iniquitys: let thy/your tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. )

79.8 former…: or, the iniquities of them that were before us

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]O remember not against vs former iniquities, let thy tender mercies speedily preuent vs: for we are brought very low.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

79:8 Esa.64.9.

79:8 Or, the iniquities of them that were before vs.

Bshps O remember not against vs sinnes that be past, with all speede let thy tender mercy preuent vs: for we are brought very lowe.
(O remember not against us sins that be past, with all speede let thy/your tender mercy prevent us: for we are brought very lowe.)

Gnva Remember not against vs the former iniquities, but make haste and let thy tender mercies preuent vs: for we are in great miserie.
(Remember not against us the former iniquitys, but make haste and let thy/your tender mercies prevent us: for we are in great miserie. )

Cvdl O remebre not oure olde synnes, but haue mercy vpon vs (& that soone) for we are come to greate mysery.
(O remebre not our old sins, but have mercy upon us (& that soone) for we are come to great mysery.)

Wycl God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf.
(God of virtuees, turn thou/you us; and show thy/your face, and we should be safe.)

Luth Gedenke nicht unserer vorigen Missetat; erbarm dich unser bald, denn wir sind fast dünne worden.
(Gedenke not unserer previous Missetat; erbarm you/yourself unser bald, because we/us are nearly dünne worden.)

ClVg Deus virtutum, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.[fn]
(God virtutum, converte we, and ostende face your, and salvi erimus. )

79.8 Deus virtutum. AUG. Desiderantis mos est frequenter repetere quæ tantis precibus orat.

79.8 God virtutum. AUG. Desiderantis mos it_is frequenter repetere which tantis precibus orat.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us

(Some words not found in UHB: not remember to/for=us iniquities former quickly come_~_tomeet,us compassion_of,your that/for/because/then/when brought_~_low very )

Alternate translation: “Do not continue to remember the sins of our forefathers and punish us for them” or “Forgive us for the sins of our forefathers”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

we are very low

(Some words not found in UHB: not remember to/for=us iniquities former quickly come_~_tomeet,us compassion_of,your that/for/because/then/when brought_~_low very )

The writer speaks of the people being weak and discouraged as if they were in a low position. Alternate translation: “we are very weak” or “we are very discouraged”

Parallel PSA 79:8