Psalm 89 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 89:3, 89:19, 89:39, 89:45, 89:52
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Psalm 89
The covenant with David and the fallen throne
Verse 89:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:1] A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:1] Of understanding; of Ethan the Israelite.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The Hebrew genre designation and Ezrahite epithet differ from Greek understanding and Israelite.
Verse 89:2 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:2] I will sing of YHWH's acts of steadfast love forever;
from generation to generation I will make Your faithfulness known with my mouth.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:2] I will sing of Your mercies, Lord, forever;
from generation to generation I will proclaim Your truth with my mouth,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both promise enduring proclamation; Hebrew begins with YHWH's acts, Greek directly with Your mercies. Faithfulness and truth retain the respective emphases.
Verse 89:3 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:3] For I said, “Steadfast love will be built forever;
in the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:3] for You said, “Mercy will be built forever;
in the heavens Your truth will be prepared.”
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew has the speaker saying “I said” and addresses God as establishing faithfulness; Greek says “You said” and makes truth's preparation passive. The source of the declaration changes.
Verse 89:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:4] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to David My servant:
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:4] “I made a covenant with My chosen ones;
I swore to David My servant:
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew has a singular chosen one; Greek chosen ones is plural. Both retain the named servant David.
Verse 89:5 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:5] ‘I will establish your seed forever
and build your throne from generation to generation.’”
Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:5] ‘I will prepare your seed forever
and build your throne from generation to generation.’”
Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The enduring seed and throne correspond; both performance markers remain. The lowercase royal addressee does not assume a later christological identity.
Verse 89:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:6] The heavens will thank You for Your wonder, YHWH,
and for Your faithfulness in the assembly of holy ones.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:6] The heavens will acknowledge Your wonders, Lord,
and Your truth in an assembly of holy ones.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The heavenly assembly praises the corresponding wonder/wonders and faithfulness/truth; Hebrew wonder is singular.
Verse 89:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:7] For who in the sky can be compared with YHWH?
Who among the sons of gods is like YHWH?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:7] For who in clouds will be equaled to the Lord,
and who among sons of God will be likened to the Lord?
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew has the sky and sons of plural elim; Greek clouds and sons of singular God. Both assert divine incomparability.
Verse 89:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:8] God is held in awe in the great council of holy ones,
and feared above all who surround Him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:8] God is glorified in the council of holy ones,
great and fearsome above all around Him.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew's awe differs from Greek glorification; greatness is provisionally attached to the Hebrew council with Rashi on 89:8, while Greek calls God great (RASHI-PS89). Other attachment of Hebrew rabbah remains possible.
Verse 89:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:9] YHWH, God of hosts, who is mighty like You, Yah?
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:9] Lord, God of powers, who is like You?
You are mighty, Lord, and Your truth surrounds You.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew includes the distinct short name Yah and makes might part of the question; Greek repeats Lord and gives a separate statement of might.
Verse 89:10 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:10] You rule the sea's proud swelling;
when its waves rise, You still them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:10] You rule the sea's might,
and You quiet the surge of its waves.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both portray mastery over the sea; Hebrew names rising waves, Greek their surge.
Verse 89:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:11] You crushed Rahab like one slain;
with Your strong arm You scattered Your enemies.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:11] You humbled a proud one like a wounded man,
and with the arm of Your power You scattered Your enemies.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew names Rahab and crushing like one slain; Greek has a proud one humbled like a wounded person. Rabbinic: Rashi on 89:11 identifies Rahab with Egypt, an interpretation retained in the note rather than replacing the name (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:12] The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours;
the world and its fullness—You founded them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:12] The heavens are Yours, and the earth is Yours;
the inhabited world and its fullness—You founded them.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Divine ownership and founding of the whole world correspond.
Verse 89:13 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:13] The north and the south—You created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout joyfully in Your name.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:13] The north and seas—You created them;
Tabor and Hermon will exult in Your name.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew yamin is the south/right-hand direction; Greek explicitly has plural seas. The two mountains remain in both sources.
Verse 89:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:14] Yours is an arm with might;
Your hand is strong; Your right hand is raised.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:14] Yours is the arm with dominion;
let Your hand be strengthened; let Your right hand be raised.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew's imperfects are rendered as declarations of strength; Greek has explicit imperatives. The arm, hand and right hand remain distinct.
Verse 89:15 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:15] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
steadfast love and truth go before Your face.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:15] Righteousness and judgment are the preparation of Your throne;
mercy and truth will go ahead before Your face.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The corresponding virtues undergird the throne; foundation and preparation retain distinct expressions.
Verse 89:16 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:16] Happy are the people who know the shout;
YHWH, they walk in the light of Your face.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:16] Blessed are the people who know the cry of triumph;
Lord, they will walk in the light of Your face,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both bless a people acquainted with the acclamation and divine light. Rabbinic: Rashi on 89:16 applies the shout to Rosh Hashanah's shofar service and its accompanying blessings; that liturgical interpretation is not an added instrument in the main text (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:17] In Your name they rejoice all day,
and through Your righteousness they are raised up.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:17] and in Your name they will exult all day,
and in Your righteousness they will be raised up.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Joy and exaltation through divine righteousness correspond.
Verse 89:18 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:18] For You are the splendor of their strength,
and by Your favor our horn will rise.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:18] For You are the boast of their power,
and by Your favor our horn will be raised.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The exalted horn corresponds in the Hebrew read form tarum, displayed by Chabad; BHS's written form tarim can mean You will raise. The adopted read form is declared, not a silent change. Greek gives passive raising (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:19 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:19] For our shield belongs to YHWH,
and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:19] For support belongs to the Lord,
and to the Holy One of Israel, our King.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew places our shield and our king under divine ownership; Greek names divine support and apposes our King to Israel's Holy One. The king's grammatical relation changes.
Verse 89:20 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:20] Then You spoke in a vision to Your faithful ones and said:
“I have placed help upon a mighty man;
I have raised a chosen one from the people.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:20] Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy ones and said:
“I placed help upon a powerful man;
I raised a chosen one from My people.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek explicitly adds My to the people; both address plural faithful/holy ones. Rabbinic: Rashi on 89:20 identifies them with Nathan and Gad, without making those names part of the source (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:21 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:21] I have found David My servant;
with My holy oil I have anointed him,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:21] I found David My servant;
with My holy oil I anointed him,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: David's discovery and anointing with holy oil correspond. Saints: Augustine, Exposition on Psalm 89 §20, reads David through the promised descendant Christ; the historical name remains in the running text (AUG-PS89).
Verse 89:22 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:22] with whom My hand will be established;
My arm also will strengthen him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:22] for My hand will support him,
and My arm will strengthen him.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew speaks of the hand established with the king; Greek explicitly states its assistance. Both retain the strengthening arm.
Verse 89:23 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:23] No enemy will exact from him,
and no son of injustice will afflict him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:23] An enemy will not gain by him,
and a son of lawlessness will not go on to harm him.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew's creditor-like exaction follows Rashi on 89:23; Greek ōphelēsei speaks of benefit or gain and adds the further-action construction to harming (RASHI-PS89). The unusual Greek first clause remains provisional and is not rewritten as a different verb meaning violence.
Verse 89:24 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:24] I will crush his adversaries before him
and strike those who hate him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:24] I will cut down his enemies before him
and put those who hate him to flight.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The first defeat corresponds; Hebrew's second action is striking, Greek routing.
Verse 89:25 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:25] My faithfulness and My steadfast love will be with him,
and in My name his horn will rise.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:25] My truth and My mercy will be with him,
and in My name his horn will be raised.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The paired divine commitments and royal exaltation correspond, with the respective faithfulness/truth vocabulary.
Verse 89:26 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:26] I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on rivers.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:26] I will set his hand in the sea
and his right hand in rivers.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both extend the royal hand and right hand over the sea and rivers; no unprinted river names are inserted.
Verse 89:27 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:27] He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God and the rock of my salvation.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:27] He will call on Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God and the supporter of my salvation.’
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew calls God the salvation-rock; Greek the supporter. The king's filial address remains in both.
Verse 89:28 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:28] I too will make him firstborn,
highest among the kings of the earth.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:28] And I will make him firstborn,
high among the kings of the earth.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both give firstborn royal precedence; Hebrew elyon is rendered highest, Greek hypsēlos high. Rabbinic: Rashi on 89:28 understands firstborn as greatness (RASHI-PS89). Saints: Augustine §26 identifies this exaltation with Christ among earthly kings (AUG-PS89).
Verse 89:29 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:29] Forever I will keep My steadfast love for him,
and My covenant will be faithful to him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:29] Forever I will keep My mercy for him,
and My covenant is faithful to him.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The enduring mercy and faithful covenant correspond. Chabad's written/read spelling of “I will keep” does not change this translation (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:30 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:30] I will establish his seed forever
and his throne like the days of heaven.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:30] I will establish his seed for an age of an age
and his throne like the days of heaven.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The enduring dynasty and heavenly duration correspond, retaining the Greek age formula.
Verse 89:31 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:31] If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not walk in My judgments,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:31] If his sons abandon My law
and do not walk in My judgments,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The same conditional disobedience begins; Hebrew Torah is instruction and Greek nomos law.
Verse 89:32 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:32] if they profane My statutes
and do not keep My commandments,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:32] if they profane My ordinances
and do not keep My commandments,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both continue the conditions with profanation and failure to keep commandments.
Verse 89:33 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:33] I will visit their rebellion with a rod
and their guilt with blows.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:33] I will visit their lawless acts with a rod
and their sins with scourges;
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Punitive visitation with rod and blows/scourges corresponds; collective rebellion/guilt differs from plural lawless acts/sins.
Verse 89:34 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:34] But I will not withdraw My steadfast love from him,
and I will not be false to My faithfulness.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:34] but I shall certainly not scatter My mercy away from him,
nor act unjustly in My truth,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Both refuse abandonment of mercy; Hebrew rejects falsity, Greek injustice. The singular him remains after the preceding plural sons and is not silently changed to them.
Verse 89:35 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:35] I will not profane My covenant
or change what has gone out from My lips.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:35] nor shall I profane My covenant,
and what goes out through My lips I shall certainly not set aside.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both maintain the covenant and spoken promise; Hebrew changing differs from Greek setting aside.
Verse 89:36 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:36] Once I swore by My holiness:
I will not fail David.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:36] Once I swore by My holiness:
I will not lie to David.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Both use an oath's conditional form, “if I…,” with an unexpressed consequence, rendered by the English negative oath. Hebrew fail follows Rashi on 89:36; Greek explicitly lie (RASHI-PS89). Greek “in My holy…” may also be understood through the holy place; the holiness rendering is provisional.
Verse 89:37 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:37] His seed will exist forever,
and his throne will be like the sun before Me.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:37] His seed will remain forever,
and his throne will be like the sun before Me,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The enduring seed and sun-like throne correspond.
Verse 89:38 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:38] Like the moon it will be established forever;
and a witness in the sky is faithful.”
Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:38] and like the moon, established forever;
and the witness in heaven is faithful.”
Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The lunar permanence and heavenly witness correspond. The witness's identity is not supplied as a new proper name. Rabbinic: Rashi on 89:38 treats moon and sun as witnesses to the kingdom's duration (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:39 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:39] But You have rejected and despised;
You have been furious with Your anointed.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:39] But You rejected and treated as nothing;
You put off Your anointed.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew states wrath toward the anointed; Greek anebalou is rendered putting him off. Saints: Augustine §34 explicitly draws hope from postponement rather than permanent removal. His interpretation supports that received construal but does not establish a manuscript history (AUG-PS89).
Verse 89:40 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:40] You have repudiated Your servant's covenant;
You have profaned his crown to the ground.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:40] You overturned Your servant's covenant;
You profaned his consecrated thing to the ground.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew names the crown; Greek hagiasma is a consecrated thing, with the precise royal or sanctuary referent unresolved. Both retain the distressing reversal of covenant and consecration.
Verse 89:41 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:41] You have breached all his fences;
You have made his strongholds a ruin.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:41] You tore down all his fences;
You made his fortifications cowardice.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew describes ruin or terror, Greek deilia cowardice; the destroyed defenses remain. The Greek abstract object is kept rather than replaced by the Hebrew ruin.
Verse 89:42 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:42] All who pass along the road plunder him;
he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:42] All who travel the road plundered him;
he became a reproach to his neighbors.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The plundered ruler and neighboring reproach correspond.
Verse 89:43 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:43] You have raised the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:43] You raised the right hand of his enemies;
You gladdened all his enemies.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both attribute the enemies' ascendancy and joy to God.
Verse 89:44 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:44] You have even turned back the edge of his sword
and have not upheld him in battle.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:44] You turned back the help of his sword
and did not support him in war.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew ṣur is rendered the sharpened edge with Rashi on 89:44; Greek explicitly says help. Both state that the king was not supported in battle (RASHI-PS89).
Verse 89:45 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:45] You have brought his splendor to an end;
You have cast his throne down to the ground.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:45] You removed him from purification;
You dashed his throne down to the ground.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew's rare mittaharo is rendered splendor with Rashi on 89:45; Greek has removal from purification. This changes lost royal brightness into a disrupted state of cleansing. Both retain the throne thrown down (RASHI-PS89); the rare Hebrew term remains open.
Verse 89:46 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:46] You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have clothed him in shame.
Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:46] You shortened the days of his time;
You poured shame over him.
Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew youth differs from Greek time; clothing differs from pouring shame. Both markers remain.
Verse 89:47 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:47] How long, YHWH? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:47] How long, Lord? Will You turn away to the end?
Will Your wrath blaze like fire?
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both ask how long divine withdrawal and burning wrath will last; hiding differs from turning away.
Verse 89:48 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:48] Remember: what lifetime have I?
For what futility have You created all the sons of Adam?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:48] Remember what my existence is;
for surely You did not create all the sons of human beings in vain?
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The compressed Hebrew asks about the speaker's lifetime and the purpose of mortal creation; Greek frames creation's vanity as a question anticipating denial. The appeal is retained without inventing a specified lifespan.
Verse 89:49 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:49] What man can live and not see death,
can rescue his soul from the hand of Sheol?
Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:49] Who is the person who will live and not see death,
who will deliver his soul from the hand of Hades?
Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The question of escaping death and the realm of the dead corresponds, with both performance markers.
Verse 89:50 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:50] Where are Your former acts of steadfast love, Lord,
which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:50] Where are Your ancient mercies, Lord,
which You swore to David in Your truth?
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both appeal to the earlier sworn commitments to David; Hebrew here has Adonai.
Verse 89:51 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:51] Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants;
I bear in my bosom the burden of all the many peoples,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:51] Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants,
which I bore in my bosom from many nations,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew's difficult “all the many peoples” is rendered with the burden they impose, following Rashi on 89:51; Greek directly relates many nations to the borne reproach (RASHI-PS89). The supplied burden makes the Hebrew construction readable but remains an interpretive choice.
Verse 89:52 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:52] with which Your enemies reproached, YHWH,
with which they reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:52] with which Your enemies reproached, Lord,
with which they reproached the exchange of Your anointed.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew names the anointed's footsteps; Greek antallagma names an exchange or what is given in exchange, changing the object of reproach. Its exact sense remains open. Rabbinic: Rashi on 89:52 interprets the footsteps through the final period preceding the Messiah (RASHI-PS89). Saints: Augustine §40 reads the received change-language through Christ's death and passage to enduring life (AUG-PS89); that interpretation is not an apparatus reading.
Verse 89:53 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[89:53] Blessed be YHWH forever.
Amen and amen.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[88:53] Blessed be the Lord forever.
May it be; may it be.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The doxology closing this Psalter division corresponds, with Hebrew amen and its Greek wish-form counterpart repeated.