Psalm 89/Diagrams/Placeholders/19

v. 19 - Preferred

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 19]
      Fragment
        particle: כִּי for
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Subject
              ConstructChain <gloss="our shield">
                noun: מָגִנּ shield
                suffix-pronoun: ֵנוּ us
            Predicate
              verb: is
              Complement
                PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="YHWH's">
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ belonging to
                  Object
                    noun: יהוָה YHWH
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וְ and
          Clause
            Subject
              ConstructChain <gloss="our king">
                noun: מַלְכּ king
                suffix-pronoun: ֵנוּ us
            Predicate
              verb: is
              Complement
                PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="the holy one of Israel's">
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לִ belonging to
                  Object
                    ConstructChain
                      Nominal
                        adjective: קְדוֹשׁ holy one
                      noun: יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel

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 DiscourseUnit [v. 19]
      Fragment
        particle: כִּי for
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Subject
              ConstructChain <gloss="our shield">
                noun: מָגִנּ shield
                suffix-pronoun: ֵנוּ us
            Predicate
              verb: is
              Complement
                PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="YHWH's">
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ belonging to
                  Object
                    noun: יהוָה YHWH
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וְ and
          Clause
            Subject
              ConstructChain <gloss="our king">
                noun: מַלְכּ king
                suffix-pronoun: ֵנוּ us
            Predicate
              verb: is
              Complement
                PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="the holy one of Israel's">
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לִ belonging to
                  Object
                    ConstructChain
                      Nominal
                        adjective: קְדוֹשׁ holy one
                      noun: יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel

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Note for v. 19

Most modern translations agree on the syntax of this verse: "For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel" (NET, cf. NIV, ESV, NRSV, CSB, NJPS, REB, LUT, ELB, EÜ, ZÜR; see v. 19 preferred diagram). According to this interpretation, "shield >> protection" = "king" (so Radak; cf. HFA: "to you belongs our king who protects us;" cf. NGÜ). The Septuagint gives a different interpretation of the grammar when it translates the phrase the whole verse as a single clause in which "our king" is in apposition to "the Holy one of Israel": "because support is of the Lord and of the Holy one of Israel, our king" (LXX, trans. NETS; cf. Jerome [iuxta Hebr.]; see v. 19 alternative diagram). The parallelism and the focus in the following verses on the human "king" support the interpretation of the modern translations above.

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v. 19 - Alternative

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 19 alternative]
      Fragment <status="alternative">
        Clause
          Subject
            ConstructChain
              noun: מָגִנּ shield
              suffix-pronoun: ֵנוּ us
          Predicate
            verb: is
            Complement
              Adjectival
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ belonging to
                  Object
                    noun: יהוָה YHWH
                Conjunction <status="alternative">
                  conjunction: וְ and
                PrepositionalPhrase <status="alternative">
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לִ belonging to
                  Object
                    Apposition
                      ConstructChain
                        Nominal
                          adjective: קְדוֹשׁ holy one
                        noun: יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel
                      ConstructChain
                        noun: מַלְכּ king
                        suffix-pronoun: ֵנוּ us