PSA 91:4 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX ἐν δεκαχόρδῳ ψαλτηρίῳ, μετʼ ᾠδῆς ἐν κιθάρᾳ.
(en dekaⱪordōi psaltaʸriōi, metʼ ōdaʸs en kithara. )

ULT He will cover you with his wings,
⇔ and under his wings you will find refuge.
⇔ His trustworthiness is a shield and protection.

UST He will shield you as a bird protects her young under her wings.
⇔ You will be safe in his care.
⇔ His faithfully doing what he has promised is like a shield that will protect you.

BSB He will cover you with His feathers;
⇔ under His wings you will find refuge;
⇔ His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

OEB he shelters you with his pinions,
⇔ and under his wings you can hide.
⇔ His truth will be a shield and buckler.

CSB He will cover you with his feathers; you will take refuge under his wings. His faithfulness will be a protective shield.

NLT He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

NIV He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

CEV He will spread his wings over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a city wall.

ESV He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

NASB He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

LSB He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you will take refuge; His truth is a large shield and bulwark.

WEBBE He will cover you with his feathers.
⇔ Under his wings you will take refuge.
⇔ His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-13)You who sit down in the High God’s presence,
  spend the night in Shaddai’s shadow,
Say this: “God, you’re my refuge.
  I trust in you and I’m safe!”
That’s right—he rescues you from hidden traps,
  shields you from deadly hazards.
His huge outstretched arms protect you—
  under them you’re perfectly safe;
  his arms fend off all harm.
Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night,
  not flying arrows in the day,
Not disease that prowls through the darkness,
  not disaster that erupts at high noon.
Even though others succumb all around,
  drop like flies right and left,
  no harm will even graze you.
You’ll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance,
  watch the wicked turn into corpses.
Yes, because God’s your refuge,
  the High God your very own home,
Evil can’t get close to you,
  harm can’t get through the door.
He ordered his angels
  to guard you wherever you go.
If you stumble, they’ll catch you;
  their job is to keep you from falling.
You’ll walk unharmed among lions and snakes,
  and kick young lions and serpents from the path.

NET He will shelter you with his wings;
⇔ you will find safety under his wings.
⇔ His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

LSV He covers you over with His pinion,
And under His wings you trust,
His truth [is] a shield and buckler.

FBV He will hide you under his feathers, and shelter you with his wings. His trustworthiness shields and protects you.

T4T He will shield/protect you like a bird shields/protects its chicks [MET] with/under her wings.
⇔ You will be safe ◄in his care/because he takes care of you►.
⇔ His faithfully doing what he has promised is like a shield [MET] that will protect you.

LEB • With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge.
• His faithfulness will be a shield and a buckler.[fn]

91:? That is, a small, round shield, or perhaps a surrounding bulwark

NRSV he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

NKJV He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

NAB He will shelter you with his pinions, and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

BBE You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

Moff he protects you with his pinions
⇔ and hides you underneath his wings.

JPS He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.

ASV He will cover thee with his pinions,
⇔ And under his wings shalt thou take refuge:
⇔ His truth is a shield and a buckler.

DRA Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

YLT With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth.

Drby He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler.

RV He shall cover thee with his pinions, and under his wings shalt thou take refuge: his truth is a shield and a buckler.

Wbstr He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

KJB-1769 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
(He shall cover thee/you with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou/you trust: his truth shall be thy/your shield and buckler. )

KJB-1611 Hee shall couer thee with his feathers, and vnder his wings shalt thou trust: his trueth shall bee thy shield and buckler.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps He wyll couer thee vnder his wynges, & thou shalt be safe vnder his fethers: his faythfulnesse shalbe thy shielde and buckler.
(He will cover thee/you under his wings, and thou/you shalt be safe under his fethers: his faithfulnesse shall be thy/your shield and buckler.)

Gnva Hee will couer thee vnder his winges, and thou shalt be sure vnder his feathers: his trueth shall be thy shielde and buckler.
(He will cover thee/you under his winges, and thou/you shalt be sure under his feathers: his truth shall be thy/your shield and buckler. )

Cvdl He shal couer the vnder his wynges, that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers: his faithfulnesse and trueth shal be thy shylde and buckler.
(He shall cover the under his wings, that thou/you mayest/may be safe under his fethers: his faithfulnesse and truth shall be thy/your shield and buckler.)

Wycl In a sautrie of ten cordis; with song in harpe.
(In a sautrie of ten cordis; with song in harp.)

Luth Er wird dich mit seinen Fittichen decken, und deine Zuversicht wird sein unter seinen Flügeln. Seine Wahrheit ist Schirm und Schild,
(He becomes you/yourself with his Fittichen decken, and your Zuversicht becomes his under his Flügeln. Seine truth is Schirm and Schild,)

ClVg in decachordo, psalterio; cum cantico, in cithara.[fn]
(in decachordo, psalterio; when/with cantico, in cithara. )

91.4 In decachordo. ID. Psallit, qui cum hilaritate bene facit. Qui cum tristitia de eo fit, non ipse facit: et portat psalterium, non cantat in eo. In decachordo. Si bene loqueris tantum, canticum est sine cithara; si operaris, et non loqueris, cithara est sine cantico; et ideo bene loquere et benefac.

91.4 In decachordo. ID. Psallit, who when/with hilaritate bene facit. Who when/with tristitia about eo fit, not/no exactly_that/himself facit: and portat psalterium, not/no cantat in by_him. In decachordo. When/But_if bene loqueris tantum, canticum it_is without cithara; when/but_if operaris, and not/no loqueris, cithara it_is without cantico; and ideo bene loquere and benefac.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

He will cover you with his wings, and under his wings you will find refuge

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,feathers_of,his cover to/for=you(fs) and,under wings_of,his find_refuge shield and,buckler faithfulness_of,his )

God’s protection is here referred to as “wings” which a bird uses to cover its’ young from danger. “Cover you with his wings” and “under his wings” mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: “He will keep you safe and protect you” (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

His trustworthiness is a shield and protection

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,feathers_of,his cover to/for=you(fs) and,under wings_of,his find_refuge shield and,buckler faithfulness_of,his )

God’s trustworthiness is here referred to as a “shield” which can protect people who rely on him. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word trustworthiness, you could express the same idea with a verbal form such as “trust.” Alternate translation: “You can trust him to protect you” (See also: figs-abstractnouns)

protection

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,feathers_of,his cover to/for=you(fs) and,under wings_of,his find_refuge shield and,buckler faithfulness_of,his )

No one knows for sure what this word means. This could mean: (1) a small shield strapped to the forearm that soldiers used to defend themselves against arrows and swords or (2) a wall of stones set in a circle inside which soldiers could hide and shoot arrows.

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