Mazmur 105:15

105:15 saying, ¹  “Don’t touch my chosen ²  ones!

Don’t harm my prophets!”

Yeremia 39:12

39:12 “Find Jeremiah ³  and look out for him. ⁴  Do not do anything to harm him, ⁵  but do with him whatever he tells you.”

[105:15]  ¹ tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[105:15]  ² tn Heb “anointed.”

[39:12]  ³ tn Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.

[39:12]  ⁴ tn Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see BDB 963 s.v. שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.

[39:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”