PSA 86:16 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).

ULT Turn toward me and have mercy on me;
⇔ give your strength to your servant;
⇔ save the son of your servant woman.

UST Look down toward me and act mercifully to me;
⇔ cause me to be strong and save me,
⇔ the one who serves you faithfully as my mother did.

BSB ⇔ Turn to me and have mercy;
⇔ grant Your strength to Your servant;
⇔ save the son of Your maidservant.

OEB Grant your strength to your servant,
⇔ and save the child of your handmaid.

WEBBE Turn to me, and have mercy on me!
⇔ Give your strength to your servant.
⇔ Save the son of your servant.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Turn toward me and have mercy on me!
⇔ Give your servant your strength!
⇔ Deliver your slave!

LSV Look to me, and favor me,
Give Your strength to Your servant,
And give salvation to a son of Your handmaid.

FBV Turn to me, have mercy on me. Give me your strength, your servant; save the son of your servant-girl.

T4T Look down toward me and be merciful to me;
⇔ cause me to be strong and save/rescue me
⇔ who serves you faithfully like my mother did.

LEB • Give your strength to your servant, • and grant victory to the son[fn] of your maidservant.

86:? Or “Save the son”

BBE O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.

Moff turn and have pity upon me, O Lord,
⇔ grant thy strength to thy servant,
⇔ help thy retainer;

JPS O turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; give Thy strength unto Thy servant, and save the son of Thy handmaid.

ASV Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;
⇔ Give thy strength unto thy servant,
⇔ And save the son of thy handmaid.

DRA No DRA PSA 86:16 verse available

YLT Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.

Drby Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

RV O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Wbstr O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

KJB-1769 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
(O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy/your strength unto thy/your servant, and save the son of thine/your handmaid. )

KJB-1611 O turne vnto me, and haue mercie vpon me, giue thy strength vnto thy seruant: and saue the sonne of thine handmaid.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Turne thy face vnto me, and haue mercy vpon me: geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt, and helpe the sonne of thine handmayde.
(Turn thy/your face unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy/your strength unto thy/your servant, and help the son of thine/your handmaid.)

Gnva Turne vnto me, and haue mercy vpon me: giue thy strength vnto thy seruant, and saue the sonne of thine handmayd.
(Turn unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy/your strength unto thy/your servant, and save the son of thine/your handmayd. )

Cvdl O turne the then vnto me, haue mercy vpo me: geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt, & helpe the sonne of thy handmayde.
(O turn the then unto me, have mercy upo me: give thy/your strength unto thy/your servant, and help the son of thy/your handmaid.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 86:16 verse available

Luth Wende dich zu mir, sei mir gnädig; stärke deinen Knecht mit deiner Macht und hilf dem Sohn deiner Magd!
(Turn you/yourself to mir, be to_me gnädig; stärke deinen Knecht with deiner Macht and hilf to_him son deiner Magd!)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 86:16 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Turn toward me

(Some words not found in UHB: turn to=me and,gracious,me give, strength,your to,servant,your and,save, to,son maidservant,your )

Asking God to consider him is spoken of as if he wanted God to turn and look at him.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

give your strength to your servant

(Some words not found in UHB: turn to=me and,gracious,me give, strength,your to,servant,your and,save, to,son maidservant,your )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word strength, you could express the same idea with a verb or an adjective. Alternate translation: “strengthen your servant” or “make your servant strong”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

your servant & the son of your servant woman

(Some words not found in UHB: turn to=me and,gracious,me give, strength,your to,servant,your and,save, to,son maidservant,your )

The writer is speaking about himself in the third person.

Parallel PSA 86:16