From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Psalm 12:7
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:16:44 -0600
Dear Ted,
You write:
>There seems to be a variety of pronouns used in
>Ps.12: 7 in various English translations-- "us.. us" (NIV, NRSV); "them..
>him" (NASB); "them.. them" (KJV). What's the story on this? Is the same
>Hebrew term used in each instance, or are they different?
A fairly word for word translation:
"You, Yahweh, will keep them safe. You will protect us from such a
generation forever."