Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 119:92:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“Had your laws not been my happiness,
I would have perished in my afflictions.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“If Your law had not been my joy
In time of trouble I would have been destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“If your (sing.) law did- not -make- me -happy, I would have-died because of my suffering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“If I was not happy with your Law,
I would have died in my suffering.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Iwapo nisingependezwa katika sheria yako,
ingekuwa nimefia katika mateso yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“If I had not been delighted in obeying your laws,
I would have died because of what I was suffering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
