Psalm 68:9
New English Translation
9 O God, you cause abundant showers to fall[a] on your chosen people.[b]
When they[c] are tired, you sustain them,[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 68:9 tn The verb נוּף (nuf, “cause rain to fall”) is a homonym of the more common נוּף (“brandish”).
- Psalm 68:9 tn Heb “[on] your inheritance.” This refers to Israel as God’s specially chosen people (see Pss 28:9; 33:12; 74:2; 78:62, 71; 79:1; 94:5, 14; 106:40). Some take “your inheritance” with what follows, but the vav (ו) prefixed to the following word (note וְנִלְאָה, venilʾah) makes this syntactically unlikely.
- Psalm 68:9 tn Heb “it [is],” referring to God’s “inheritance.”
- Psalm 68:9 tn Heb “it,” referring to God’s “inheritance.”
Psalm 68:9
King James Version
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
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Psalm 68:9
New International Version
9 You gave abundant showers,(A) O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
Psalm 68:9
New King James Version
9 (A)You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
Psalm 68:9
English Standard Version
9 (A)Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;
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