Passage

Psalms 69.28

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

26. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded. 27. Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

28. Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 30. I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving. (Psalms 69:26-30, ASV)

WEB

26. For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. 27. Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.

28. Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me. 30. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. (Psalms 69:26-30, WEB)

KJV

26. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. ^{those: Heb. thy wounded} 27. Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. ^{iniquity unto: or, punishment of iniquity, etc}

28. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 30. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. (Psalms 69:26-30, KJV)

YLT

26. For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones. 27. Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

28. They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

And I [am] afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high. 30. I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, (Psalms 69:26-30, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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