Select Snips From Ps. ESV/NLTse

The ESV reading will be above and the NLTse reading will be below . Compare .

1:1 : who walks not in the counsel of the wicked
who do not follow the advice of the wicked
1:6 : the way of the wicked will perish
the path of the wicked leads to destruction
2:7 : today I have begotten you
Today I have become your Father
3:2 : there is no salvation for him in God
God will never rescue him
3:6 : who have set themselves against me all around
who surround me on every side
4:2 : How long will you love vain words ?
How long will you make groundless accusations ?
4:6 : Lift up the light of your face upon us
Let your face smile on us
4:8 : I will both lie down and sleep
I will lie down and sleep
5:1 : Give ear to my words
hear me as I pray
5:3 : I prepare a sacrifice for you
I bring my requests to you
5:6 : the bloodthirsty and deceitful men
murderers and deceivers
5:9 : their inmost self is destruction
Their deepest desire is to destroy others
6:1 : rebuke me not
don't rebuke me
6:2 : my bones are troubled
my bones are in agony
6:7 : My eye wastes away because of grief
My vision is blurred by grief
7:5 : my glory
my honor
7:7 : over it return
Rule over them
7:12 : whet
sharpen
7:16 : His mischief returns upon his own head
The trouble they make for others backfires on them

To be continued ...

 

Continued ...

ESV at the top and NLTse below .

9:15 : in the net that they hid their own foot has been caught
Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set
9:18 : the hope of the poor shall not perish forever
the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed
11:3 : if the foundations are destroyed
the foundations of law and order have collapsed
12:2 : double heart
deceitful hearts
13:2 : take counsel in my soul
struggle with anguish in my soul
13:3 : lest I sleep the sleep of death
or I will die
15:4 : who swears to his own hurt and does not change
and keep their promises even when it hurts
15:5 : shall never be moved
will stand firm forever
16:5 : you hold my lot
You guard all that is mine
17:3 : I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress
I am determined not to sin in what I say
17:15 : your likeness
see you face to face
18:16 : out of many waters
out of deep waters
18:27 : the haughty eyes you bring down
you humiliate the proud
19:4 : Their measuring line
their message
19:12 : Who can discern his errors ?
How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart ?
19:13 : from presumptuous sins
from deliberate sins

To be continued ...

 

Concluding ...

ESV/NLTse

20:9 : save the king
Give victory to our king

21:9 : You will make them as a blazing oven
You will throw them in a flaming furnace

22:7 : they make mouths at me
they sneer

22:9 : Yet you are he who took me from the womb
you brought me safely from my mother's womb

22:10 : On you was I cast from my birth
I was thrust into your arms at my birth

22:25 : my vows will I perform
I will fulfill my vows

22:26 : May your hearts live forever
Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy

23:2 : He makes me lie down
He lets me rest

23:4 : I will fear no evil
I will not be afraid

23:5 : a table before me
a feast for me

23:6 : follow me
pursue me

24:1 : the fullness thereof
and everything in it

25:5 : for you I will wait all the day long
All day long I put my hope in you

27:4 : to inquire in his temple
meditating in his temple

28:1 : be not deaf to me
Do not turn a deaf ear to me

28:1 : lest , if you be silent to me , I become like those who go down to the pit
For if you are silent , I might as well give up and die

30:5 : weeping may tarry for the night
weeping may last through the night

30:7 : you made my moutain strong
made me as secure as a mountain

30:11 : you have turned for me my mourning into dancing
You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing

 

Actually Ps. 2:7 was rendered the same way in the NET , TNIV and HCSB: "You are my son ; today I have become your father ." In the latter ... My Son ... Your Father -- that version likes to capitalize .

And Ps. 21:9 in the notes of the NET Bible support the NLTse wording . The Lord doesn't make them like furnace or oven -- but like objects burned in a furnace . Sometimes going with the literal Hebrew in translation gives the wrong meaning .

ESV : You will make them as a blazing oven .
NLTse : You will throw them in a flaming furnace .

 

I just did a spot-check to see how close the HCSB and TNIV were to the wordings of the NLTse . The HCSB had 15 snips worded about the same as the NLTse , and the TNIV had 14 rendered about the same as the NLTse . The rest of the time the wordings of the ESV were rather similar to the HCSB and the TNIV .