diff --git a/psa/122/006.md b/psa/122/006.md index 57645634c1..99a8acab3b 100644 --- a/psa/122/006.md +++ b/psa/122/006.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# May those who love you have peace +# May those who love you be at ease -This section states the content of the prayer that the writer wants his audience to pray. He asks them to speak directly to the city of Jerusalem, as if the city was a person who could hear them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]]) +This section states the content of the prayer that the writer wants his audience to pray. He asks them to speak directly to the city of Jerusalem, as if the city were a person who could hear them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]]) diff --git a/psa/123/002.md b/psa/123/002.md index f466574dbe..06c0316e9a 100644 --- a/psa/123/002.md +++ b/psa/123/002.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# as the eyes of servants ... as the eyes of a maid ... so our eyes look +# as the eyes of servants ... as the eyes of a servant girl ... so our eyes look These three phrases have similar meanings. The third phrase, about the Israelites, is being compared to how the servants and maids look to their masters and mistresses for help. In each case "eyes" refers to the whole person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]]) @@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ These three phrases have similar meanings. The third phrase, about the Israelite Here "hand" refers to the provision for needs. Alternate translation: "master's provision ... mistress's provision" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) -# maid - -servant girl - # mistress woman who has authority over servant girls diff --git a/psa/126/002.md b/psa/126/002.md index bea58af641..2fa3b19cb5 100644 --- a/psa/126/002.md +++ b/psa/126/002.md @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Laughing is spoken of as if their mouths were a container and their laughter was in it. It can be made clear that this laughter was a response to their joy. Alternate translation: "we laughed for joy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) -# our tongues with singing +# our tongues with joyful shouting -The verbs "were filled" can be stated clearly. Singing is spoken of as if their tongues were containers and singing was in them. Alternate translation: "our tongues were filled with singing" or "we sang songs of joy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +The verbs "were filled" can be stated clearly. Joyful shouting is spoken of as if their tongues were containers and joyful shouting was in them. Alternate translation: "our tongues were filled with joyful shouting" or "we shouted for joy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) # they said among the nations diff --git a/psa/128/002.md b/psa/128/002.md index dce65c3492..e86c46308f 100644 --- a/psa/128/002.md +++ b/psa/128/002.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# What your hands provide +# The labor of your hands -A man can be referred to by his hands because that is the part of the body he works with. Alternate translation: "What you provide" or "What you work for" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]]) +This phrase is a metonym for the food that the labor of the hands produces. Alternate translation: "The food that you work hard to produce" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) # you will be blessed and prosper diff --git a/psa/129/004.md b/psa/129/004.md index 3a6d25bb34..40ac1e78ac 100644 --- a/psa/129/004.md +++ b/psa/129/004.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# he has cut the ropes of the wicked +# he has cut off the ropes of the wicked Israel is spoken of as being bound by evil people. Alternate translation: "he has freed us from our enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) diff --git a/psa/130/007.md b/psa/130/007.md index cd7c1ebede..0d1d16625e 100644 --- a/psa/130/007.md +++ b/psa/130/007.md @@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ The people of Israel are spoken of as if they were a man. Alternate translation: "You people of Israel, hope in Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +# with him is great redemption + +The abstract noun "redemption" here refers to forgiveness, and it can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "he is very willing to redeem" or "he is very willing to forgive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/psa/130/008.md b/psa/130/008.md index 7a781cd940..3f0db5cdb1 100644 --- a/psa/130/008.md +++ b/psa/130/008.md @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -# who will redeem Israel from all his sins - -The people of Israel are spoken of as if they were a man. Alternate translation: "who will redeem the people of Israel from all their sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +# who will redeem Israel from all his iniquities +The people of Israel are spoken of as if they were a man. Alternate translation: "who will redeem the people of Israel from all their iniquities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) diff --git a/psa/132/003.md b/psa/132/003.md index a2f9379db7..10e56b1365 100644 --- a/psa/132/003.md +++ b/psa/132/003.md @@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ "King David said" +# the tent of my house or ... the couch of my bed, + +Possible meanings are 1) these are two ways of saying the same thing. Alternate translation: "my tent—that is, my house—or ... my couch—that is, my bed—" or "my house or ... my bed." Or 2) These are metonyms for the comfort that David enjoyed in his house and bed. Alternate translation: "the comfort of my own house or ... my comfortable bed." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) + diff --git a/psa/136/024.md b/psa/136/024.md index 784a6d4492..d778b3d918 100644 --- a/psa/136/024.md +++ b/psa/136/024.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# has given us victory over our enemies +# General Information: -Causing people to be victorious and defeat their enemies is spoken of as giving them victory, as if victory were an object that can be given. Alternate translation: "has made us victorious over our enemies" or "has made us able to defeat our enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +This page has intentionally been left blank. diff --git a/psa/137/003.md b/psa/137/003.md index dc2b5278e7..81c5891296 100644 --- a/psa/137/003.md +++ b/psa/137/003.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "our captors required us to sing" -# required us to be happy +# required joy from us "made us pretend to be happy" diff --git a/psa/138/007.md b/psa/138/007.md index 1e3cb7c46d..fb3b40c771 100644 --- a/psa/138/007.md +++ b/psa/138/007.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ live, exist -# in the middle of danger +# in the middle of trouble Being in danger is spoken of as being in a physical place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) diff --git a/psa/138/008.md b/psa/138/008.md index d6462b7f93..73bc906d81 100644 --- a/psa/138/008.md +++ b/psa/138/008.md @@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adjective. Alternate translation: "you, Yahweh, remain faithful to your covenant forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) -# the ones whom your hands have made +# the works of your hands -This expression probably refers to the nation of Israel. - -# your hands have made - -God is spoken of as if he had physically used hands to create. Alternate translation: "you have created" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +This expression probably refers to the people of Israel. God is spoken of as if he had physically used hands to create them. Alternate translation: "the people you have created" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) diff --git a/psa/139/006.md b/psa/139/006.md index 94d36bc4c6..aeaf9ae6c5 100644 --- a/psa/139/006.md +++ b/psa/139/006.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# too much for me +# incomprehensible to me "too much for me to understand" diff --git a/psa/139/009.md b/psa/139/009.md index a1977d2d9e..f2c94ec7a9 100644 --- a/psa/139/009.md +++ b/psa/139/009.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -# If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea +# If I fly away on the wings of the dawn and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea The author uses exaggeration to explain that wherever he is, God is there too. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]]) -# If I fly away on the wings of the morning +# If I fly away on the wings of the dawn In the ancient near east, the sun was often imagined as if it had wings which enabled it to fly across the sky. Alternate translation: "If the sun could carry me with itself across the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) diff --git a/psa/139/019.md b/psa/139/019.md index 7cab9fa746..a7b750684f 100644 --- a/psa/139/019.md +++ b/psa/139/019.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# get away from me, you violent men +# get away from me, you men of bloodshed The psalmist is only pretending to speak directly to the violent men whom he has in mind. Translators may decide to express this command as a wish. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]]) diff --git a/psa/140/004.md b/psa/140/004.md index 530bf989f0..6719590bbb 100644 --- a/psa/140/004.md +++ b/psa/140/004.md @@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ That is, the power of the wicked (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +# push down my steps + +Possible meanings are 1) "cause my feet to trip so I fall over" or 2) "cause me to fall." \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/psa/140/006.md b/psa/140/006.md index 02b0781881..a37e8c4323 100644 --- a/psa/140/006.md +++ b/psa/140/006.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# give ear to my cries +# give ear to the sound of my pleas This is a call for help. Alternate translation: "listen to me as I call to you now for help" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])