PSA 86:1 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)=David
(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 85:1) Προσευχὴ τῷ Δαυίδ.
¶ Κλίνον Κύριε τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ εἰσάκουσόν μου, ὅτι πτωχὸς καὶ πένης εἰμὶ ἐγώ.
(Proseuⱪaʸ tōi Dawid.
¶ Klinon Kurie to ous sou, kai eisakouson mou, hoti ptōⱪos kai penaʸs eimi egō.)

BrTr (PSA 85:1) A Prayer of David.
¶ O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; for I am poor and needy.

ULT A prayer. Of David.
⇔ Incline your ear, Yahweh;
⇔ answer me, for I, am poor and needy.

UST A prayer of David.
⇔ Yahweh, I am poor and helpless,
⇔ so please do what I ask.

BSB & MSB Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me,
⇔ for I am poor and needy.

OEB Incline your ear, Lord, and answer me,
⇔ for I am afflicted and needy.

WEBBE & WMBB Hear, LORD, and answer me,
⇔ for I am poor and needy.

NET Listen O Lord! Answer me!
⇔ For I am oppressed and needy.

LSV A PRAYER OF DAVID. Incline, O YHWH, Your ear,
Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.

FBV Please listen to me, Lord! Please answer me, for I am weak and really need your help!

T4T Yahweh, listen [IDM] to what I say and answer me,
⇔ because I am weak and needy.

LEB •
• Incline, O Yahweh, your ear and answer me,
• because I am poor and needy.

BBE Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

Moff Bend thine ear to me, O thou Eternal, answer me,
⇔ for I am weak and wretched;

JPS A Prayer of David. Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am poor and needy.

ASV Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;
⇔ For I am poor and needy.

DRA (PSA 85:1) A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

YLT A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.

Drby Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

RV Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am poor and needy.
(Bow down thine/your ear, Oh LORD, and answer me; for I am poor and needy.)

SLT A prayer to David. Incline, O Jehovah, thine ear: answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Wbstr A Prayer of David. Bow down thy ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

KJB-1769 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.[fn]
(Bow down thine/your ear, Oh LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.)

86.1 A Prayer…: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of David

KJB-1611 ¶ Bow downe thine eare, O LORD, heare me: for I am poore & needy.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A prayer of Dauid. Bow downe thine eare O God, and heare me: for I am poore and in miserie.
(A prayer of David. Bow down thine/your ear Oh God, and hear me: for I am poor and in misery.)

Gnva A prayer of David. Incline thine eare, O Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and needy.
(A prayer of David. Incline thine/your ear, Oh Lord, and hear me: for I am poor and needy.)

Cvdl Bowe downe thine eare (o LORDE) and heare me, for I am cofortles and poore.
(Bow down thine/your ear (o LORD) and hear me, for I am comfortless and poor.)

Wycl (PSA 85:1) The `title of the fyue and eiytetithe salm. The preier of Dauid. Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here me; for Y am nedi and pore.
(The title of the five and eightieth psalm. The prayer of David. Lord, bow down thin ear, and here me; for I am needy and pore.)

Luth Ein Gebet Davids. HErr, neige deine Ohren und erhöre mich; denn ich bin elend und arm.
(A prayer David’s. LORD, tend/lean your ears and hear me; because/than I am miserable/poor and arm.)

ClVg (PSA 85:1) Oratio ipsi David. [Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam et exaudi me, quoniam inops et pauper sum ego.[fn]
(Speech/Prayer themselves David. [Lean, Master, ear your(sg) and listen me, since/because helpless and poor I_am I.)

85.1 Oratio David. AUG. Psalmus iste, secundus eorum est qui orationis nomine intitulantur, in quo Christus Dei Filius et hominis, unus Deus cum Patre, unus homo cum hominibus, orat in forma servi, qui oratur a nobis in forma Dei. Orat pro nobis ut sacerdos noster; orat in nobis ut caput nostrum, oratur a nobis ut Deus noster. CASS. Christi oratio fidelium, etc., usque ad comprimeret audaciam stultæ et inconsultæ temeritatis. AUG. Hæc dicit Christus in nobis, et nos in illo. CASS. Orat ascendendo, unde concludit: Omnes gentes adorantes.

85.1 Speech/Prayer David. AUG. Psalm/Song this, after/second their it_is who/which prayers by_name are_titled, in/into/on where Christ/Messiah of_God Son and of_man, one God when/with Father, one man when/with to_humans, prays in/into/on form slaves, who/which pray from us in/into/on form of_God. Prays for us as priest our; prays in/into/on us as the_head our, pray from us as God our. CASS. of_Christ speech faithful, etc., until to would_press audacity/boldness stupid and rash rashness. AUG. These he_says Christ/Messiah in/into/on us, and us in/into/on that/there. CASS. Prays ascending, from_where/who concludes: All_of_them people/nations adoring.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הַטֵּֽה־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְ⁠ךָ֣

(Some words not found in UHB: prayer of,David incline YHWH ear_of,your answer,me that/for/because/then/when poor and,needy I )

David is using the term ear to mean hearing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Pay attention to me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

הַטֵּֽה־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְ⁠ךָ֣

(Some words not found in UHB: prayer of,David incline YHWH ear_of,your answer,me that/for/because/then/when poor and,needy I )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please listen to me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

עֲנֵ֑⁠נִי

answer,me

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי־עָנִ֖י וְ⁠אֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי

(Some words not found in UHB: prayer of,David incline YHWH ear_of,your answer,me that/for/because/then/when poor and,needy I )

The word for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [because I am poor and needy]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עָנִ֖י וְ⁠אֶבְי֣וֹן

poor and,needy

The terms poor and needy mean similar things. David is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [very poor]

Parallel PSA 86:1