PSA 88:3 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 Ὅτι εἶπας, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔλεος οἰκοδομηθήσεται, ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ ἀλήθειά σου·
(Hoti eipas, eis ton aiōna eleos oikodomaʸthaʸsetai, en tois ouranois hetoimasthaʸsetai haʸ alaʸtheia sou; )

BrTr For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

UST I have experienced many troubles,
⇔ and I am about to die and go where dead people are.

OEB ⇔ For I am sated with sorrow,
⇔ my life draws near to Sheol.

WEBBE For my soul is full of troubles.
⇔ My life draws near to Sheol.[fn]

88:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET For my life is filled with troubles
⇔ and I am ready to enter Sheol.

LSV For my soul has been full of evils,
And my life has come to Sheol.

FBV My life is full of troubles, and my death is approaching.[fn]

88:3 Literally, “my life reaches out to Sheol.”

T4T ⇔ I have experienced many troubles/difficulties,
⇔ and I am about to die [MTY] and go where dead people are.

LEB • and my life approaches Sheol.

BBE For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

Moff For trouble fills my soul to the full,
⇔ my life is on the verge of death;

JPS (88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

ASV For my soul is full of troubles,
⇔ And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

DRA For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

YLT For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

Drby For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

RV For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

Wbstr For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh to the grave.

KJB-1769 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

KJB-1611 For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps For my soule is full of miserie: and my life toucheth the graue.
(For my soul is full of miserie: and my life toucheth the grave.)

Gnva For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue.
(For my soul is filled with euils, and my life draweth near to the grave. )

Cvdl I am couted as one of the that go downe vnto the pytte, I am eue as a ma that hath no stregth.
(I am couted as one of the that go down unto the pytte, I am eue as a man that hath/has no stregth.)

Wycl For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho.
(For thou/you saidist, With outen end mercy shall be builded/built in heavens; thy/your truth shall be made ready in tho.)

Luth Laß mein Gebet vor dich kommen; neige deine Ohren zu meinem Geschrei!
(Let my Gebet before/in_front_of you/yourself kommen; neige your ears to my Geschrei!)

ClVg Quoniam dixisti: In æternum misericordia ædificabitur in cælis; præparabitur veritas tua in eis.[fn]
(Quoniam dixisti: In eternal misericordia ædificabitur in cælis; præparabitur veritas your in eis. )

88.3 Quoniam dixisti. Hic dicit: Unde scit? et quæ misericordiæ Dei per Christum sint? AUG. Quas misericordias, et quam veritatem cantabo? Ecce. Quoniam dixisti. Quasi dicat: Ego homo secure dico, quod tu, Deus, dixisti, per Spiritum manifestati. Misericordia ædificabitur. AUG. Utrumque repetit, quod prædixit. Quia universæ viæ Domini misericordia et veritas. Non exhibetur veritas in impletione promissorum, nisi præcedat misericordia in remissione peccatorum. Denique, veritas Judæis, quibus promissa facta sunt, pertinet, misericordia, gentibus: ut ait Apostolus: Dico enim Jesum Christum ministrum fuisse circumcisionis propter veritatem Dei implendam: gentes autem super misericordia honorare Deum Rom. 15.. In cœlis. Qui enarrant gloriam Dei, per quos ædificatur misericordia.

88.3 Quoniam dixisti. Hic he_says: Unde scit? and which misericordiæ of_God through Christum sint? AUG. Quas misericordias, and how words cantabo? Ecce. Quoniam dixisti. Quasi let_him_say: I human secure dico, that you, God, dixisti, through Spiritum manifestati. Misericordia ædificabitur. AUG. Utrumque repetit, that prædixit. Because universæ viæ Master misericordia and veritas. Non exhibetur veritas in impletione promissorum, nisi præcedat misericordia in remissione sinners. Denique, veritas Yudæis, to_whom promissa facts are, belongs, misericordia, gentibus: as he_said Apostolus: Dico because Yesum Christum ministrum fuisse circumcisionis propter words of_God implendam: gentes however over misericordia honorare God Rom. 15.. In cœlis. Who enarrant gloriam of_God, through which ædificatur misericordia.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

For I am filled with troubles

(Some words not found in UHB: come to=your=face prayer,my incline ear,your to,cry,my )

The writer speaks of himself as if he were a container and troubles are the contents that fill the container. Alternate translation: “For I am very troubled”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

my life has reached Sheol

(Some words not found in UHB: come to=your=face prayer,my incline ear,your to,cry,my )

Here “life” represents the writer. And “Sheol” represents death. The writer speaks about himself possibly dying soon as if Sheol were a place and he has arrived at that place. Alternate translation: “I am about to die” (See also: figs-metaphor)

Parallel PSA 88:3