1 Raja-raja 2:5-6

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ¹  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ²  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ³  2:6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, ⁴  but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 2:33-34

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ⁶  and his dynasty.” ⁷  2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ⁸  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

Mazmur 7:16

7:16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans ⁹ 

and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 28:4

28:4 Pay them back for their evil deeds!

Pay them back for what they do!

Punish them! ¹¹ 

Mazmur 62:12

62:12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. ¹² 

For you repay men for what they do. ¹³ 

Mazmur 62:2

62:2 He alone is my protector ¹⁴  and deliverer.

He is my refuge; ¹⁵  I will not be upended. ¹⁶ 

Titus 1:14

1:14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths ¹⁷  and commands of people who reject the truth.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”

[2:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”

[2:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[2:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “his throne.”

[2:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “his harm [i.e., the harm he conceived for others, see v. 14] returns on his head.”

[7:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and on his forehead his violence [i.e., the violence he intended to do to others] comes down.”

[28:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Give to them according to their work, and according to the evil of their deeds. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their due to them.” The highly repetitive style reflects the psalmist’s agitated emotional state and draws attention to his yearning for justice.

[62:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and to you, O Master, [is] loyal love.”

[62:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “for you pay back to a man according to his deed.” Another option is to understand vv. 11b and 12a as the first principle and v. 12b as the second. In this case one might translate, “God has declared one principle, two principles I have heard, namely, that God is strong, and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love, and that you repay men for what they do.”

[62:12]  sn You repay men for what they do. The psalmist views God’s justice as a demonstration of both his power (see v. 11c) and his loyal love (see v. 12a). When God judges evildoers, he demonstrates loyal love to his people.

[62:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”

[62:2]  ¹⁵ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[62:2]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds רַבָּה (rabbah, “greatly”) at the end of the line. It is unusual for this adverb to follow a negated verb. Some see this as qualifying the assertion to some degree, but this would water down the affirmation too much (see v. 6b, where the adverb is omitted). If the adverb has a qualifying function, it would suggest that the psalmist might be upended, though not severely. This is inconsistent with the confident mood of the psalm. The adverb probably has an emphatic force here, “I will not be greatly upended” meaning “I will not be annihilated.”

[1:14]  ¹⁷ sn Jewish myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and 2 Tim 4:4.