PSA 9:20 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Put some fear in them, Yahweh.
⇔ Remind the nations that they’re human. (Instrumental break.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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 Ἀνάστηθι Κύριε, μὴ κραταιούσθω ἄνθρωπος, κριθήτωσαν ἔθνη ἐνώπιόν σου.
(Anastaʸthi Kurie, maʸ krataiousthō anthrōpos, krithaʸtōsan ethnaʸ enōpion sou. )

UST Yahweh, teach them that they must be afraid of you and honor you.
⇔ Cause the rulers of nations to know that they are mortal. Selah

BSB Lay terror upon them, O LORD;
⇔ let the nations know they are but men.
⇔ Selah

OEB Strike them with fear, Lord:
⇔ show the nations how frail they are. Selah

WEBBE Put them in fear, LORD.
⇔ Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Terrify them, Lord!
⇔ Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)

LSV Appoint them to fear, O YHWH,
Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

FBV Lord, terrify them! Let them know they are only human! Selah.

T4T Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you.
⇔ Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
⇔ (Think about that!)

LEB • O Yahweh, put them in fear. Let the nations know they are merely human.Selah

BBE Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

Moff Strike them with terror, O Eternal,
⇔ let pagans know they are only men!
⇔ 

JPS (9-21) Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

ASV Put them in fear, O Jehovah:
⇔ Let the nations know themselves to be but men. [Selah

DRA Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

YLT Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

Drby Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

RV Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

Wbstr Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

KJB-1769 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
(Put them in fear, Oh LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. )

KJB-1611 Put them in feare, O LORD: that the nations may know themselues to be but men. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Put them in feare O God: that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men. Selah.
(Put them in fear Oh God: that the Heathen may know themselves to be but men. Selah.)

Gnva Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. Selah.
(Put them in fear, Oh Lord, that the heathen may know that they are but men. Selah. )

Cvdl O LORDE, set a scolemaster ouer the, that the Heithe maye knowe them selues to be but me. Sela.
(Oh LORD, set a scolemaster over them, that the Heathen may know themselves to be but me. Sela.)

Wycl Lord, rise thou vp, a man be not coumfortid; folkis be demyd in thi siyt.
(Lord, rise thou/you up, a man be not comforted; folks/people be demyd in thy/your sight.)

Luth HErr, stehe auf, daß Menschen nicht Überhand kriegen; laß alle Heiden vor dir gerichtet werden!
(LORD, stehe on/in/to, that people not Überhand kriegen; let all heathens before/in_front_of you/to_you gerichtet become!)

ClVg Exsurge, Domine; non confortetur homo: judicentur gentes in conspectu tuo.[fn]
(Exsurge, Master; not/no confortetur homo: yudicentur people/nations in in_sight your. )

9.20 Exsurge. AUG. Precatur futurum judicium. CASS. Loquens de fine sæculi propheta, prospexit adventum Antichristi; unde quasi territus clamat: exsurge.

9.20 Exsurge. AUG. Precatur futurum judgement. CASS. Loquens about fine of_the_world propheta, prospexit adventum Antichristi; whence as_if territus clamat: exsurge.

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Praise Psalms

The Hebrew title of the book of Psalms means “Praises,” and that title accurately defines a large number of the psalms. God is praised throughout the psalms for his nature and for his great acts in creation and history. Praise psalms were written for individual use and for the community.

Individual praise (Pss 9; 18; 32; 34; 116; 138). It was customary in Temple worship for people to give verbal thanks in front of the whole assembly whenever they made a vow offering or a thank offering (see, e.g., 22:22-26; 66:13-20; 116:17-19). Such opportunities for personal praise and testimony must have added warmth and significance to worship. Each act of rescue and every experience of God’s mercy became part of the cumulative, ongoing story of salvation. Worship was not simply a recital of God’s deeds in earlier centuries.

Communal praise (Pss 103, 113, 124, 129, 136). When the community gathered, they praised the Lord in song for his acts in history (Ps 103) or for a specific recent manifestation of his mercy (Pss 124, 129). In Psalm 103, the psalmist praises God for his mercy to each individual (103:1-5) and to the whole community (103:6-14). The frailty of humanity contrasts with God’s constancy (103:15-18); his universal and absolute rule merits universal praise (103:19-22).

Passages for Further Study

Pss 9; 18; 32; 34; 46–48; 93; 96–99; 103; 113; 116; 124; 129; 136; 138

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שִׁ֘יתָ֤⁠ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫⁠הֶ֥ם

(Some words not found in UHB: rise_up, YHWH not prevail ʼEnōsh/humankind judged nations on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in presence_of,you )

Here, terror is spoken of as something that could be put to the wicked, meaning to cause them to feel terror. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Make them be terrified Yahweh!” or “Terrify them Yahweh!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה

(Some words not found in UHB: rise_up, YHWH not prevail ʼEnōsh/humankind judged nations on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in presence_of,you )

Here the author is speaking of nations as if they were living humans. There are two points: 1) nations do not last forever, they pass away or are mortal like humans and 2) the leaders of nations are not gods, but humans who die. In both instances, they need to recognize that Yahweh is the supreme, never-ending power. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “May nations know they are temporary” or “May wicked human kings stop pretending to be eternal gods”

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