PSA 90:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Before the mountains were formed or you formed the earth and the world,
⇔ from the entire past through to all the future, you are God.

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 Ἐρεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἀντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ καὶ καταφυγή μου, ὁ Θεός μου, ἐλπιῶ ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
(Erei tōi Kuriōi, antilaʸptōr mou ei kai katafugaʸ mou, ho Theos mou, elpiō epʼ auton.)

BrTr He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him.

ULT Before the mountains were born
⇔ or you brought forth the earth and the world,
⇔ even from forever to forever, you are God.

UST Before you created the mountains,
⇔ before you formed the earth and everything that is in it,
⇔ you were eternally God,
⇔ and you will be God forever.

BSB Before the mountains were born
⇔ or You brought forth the earth and the world,
⇔ from everlasting to everlasting
⇔ You are God.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Before the mountains were born,
⇔ or the earth and the world were brought forth,
⇔ from everlasting to everlasting
⇔ you are God.

WEBBE Before the mountains were born,
⇔ before you had formed the earth and the world,
⇔ even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Even before the mountains came into existence,
⇔ or you brought the world into being,
⇔ you were the eternal God.

LSV Before mountains were brought forth,
And You form the earth and the world,
Even from age to age You [are] God.

FBV Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity past to eternity future, you are God.

T4T Before you created the mountains,
⇔ before you formed the earth and everything that is in it,
⇔ you were eternally God,
⇔ and you will be God forever.

LEB • Before the mountains were born
• and you brought forth the earth and the world,
• even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

BBE Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

Moff ere ever hills were born,
⇔ ere ever earth and world were made.

JPS Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.

ASV Before the mountains were brought forth,
⇔ Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
⇔ Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

DRA He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

YLT Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.

Drby Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art [fn]God.

90.2 El

RV Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
(Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou/you hadst/had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou/you art God.)

SLT Before the mountains were born, and the earth shall be begun, and the habitable globe, and from forever even to forever, thou art God.

Wbstr Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

KJB-1769 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
(Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou/you hadst/had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou/you art God.)

KJB-1611 Before the mountaines were broughtforth, or euer thou hadst formed the earth and the world: euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Before the moutaynes were brought foorth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made: thou art God both from euerlastyng, and also vntyll euerlastyng.
(Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: thou/you art God both from everlasting, and also until everlasting.)

Gnva Before the mountaines were made, and before thou hadst formed the earth, and the world, euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art our God.
(Before the mountains were made, and before thou/you hadst/had formed the earth, and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting thou/you art our God.)

Cvdl Before the mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde withoute ende.
(Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou/you art God from everlasting and world without end.)

Wycl He schal seie to the Lord, Thou art myn vptaker, and my refuit; my God, Y schal hope in him.
(He shall say to the Lord, Thou/You art mine uptaker, and my refuit; my God, I shall hope in him.)

Luth HErr GOtt, du bist unsere Zuflucht für und für. Ehe denn die Berge worden und die Erde und die Welt geschaffen worden, bist du, GOtt, von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit,
(LORD God, you(sg) are our refuge for/in_favour_of and for/in_favour_of. Before/marriage because/than the mountains/hills been and the earth/land/ground and the world created/made been, are you(sg), God, from eternity to/for eternity,)

ClVg Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es tu, et refugium meum; Deus meus, sperabo in eum.[fn]
(He_will_say Master: Undertaker mine you_are you(sg), and refuge mine; God mine, I_will_hope in/into/on him.)

90.2 Deus meus. CASS. Ne putes post susceptionem et refugium jam nihil esse petendum, addit: Sperabo in eum, ne aliquando de se præsumat, hoc si fecisset Adam, bene staret.

90.2 God mine. CASS. Don't you_think after acceptancenem and refuge already nothing to_be petendum, adds: Sperabo in/into/on him, not sometimes from/about himself presume, this when/but_if would_have_done Adam, well to_standt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בְּ⁠טֶ֤רֶם ׀ הָ֘רִ֤ים יֻלָּ֗דוּ וַ⁠תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל אֶ֣רֶץ וְ⁠תֵבֵ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: before, mountains born and,you_brought_forth earth/land and_[the],world and,from,antiquity until everlasting you(ms) god )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Consider how you have decided as a translation team to represent Hebrew poetry in your translation, here and throughout this psalm. Alternate translation: [Before you created anything at all on the earth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠טֶ֤רֶם ׀ הָ֘רִ֤ים יֻלָּ֗דוּ וַ⁠תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל אֶ֣רֶץ וְ⁠תֵבֵ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: before, mountains born and,you_brought_forth earth/land and_[the],world and,from,antiquity until everlasting you(ms) god )

Moses is speaking as if the mountains on earth had actually been born and as if God had actually brought forth, that is, given birth to, the earth and the world. He means that God created these things. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Before you created the mountains or formed the earth and the world]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

אֶ֣רֶץ וְ⁠תֵבֵ֑ל

earth/land and_[the],world

The terms earth and world mean similar things. Moses 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: [the entire earth]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

וּֽ⁠מֵ⁠עוֹלָ֥ם עַד־ע֝וֹלָ֗ם

and,from,antiquity until everlasting

Moses is referring to all of time by naming two extremes, eternity past and eternity future. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [throughout all of time]

Note 5 topic: translate-tense

אַתָּ֥ה אֵֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: before, mountains born and,you_brought_forth earth/land and_[the],world and,from,antiquity until everlasting you(ms) god )

As the ULT indicates by using brackets, the verb here is understood, so translators must decide what tense best fits the context. It would be conventional in many languages to use the past tense when describing something that was true a long time ago, so many languages might ordinarily say “you were God.” But Moses means that Yahweh was God long ago, that he is God now, and that he will continue to be God forever into the future. To convey this, the ULT uses the present tense, saying you are God. Decide what tense would best convey the meaning in your own language.

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