Mazmur 52:2

52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ¹ 

it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ² 

Mazmur 86:14

86:14 O God, arrogant men attack me; ³ 

a gang ⁴  of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. ⁵ 

Mazmur 140:1

Psalm 140 ⁶ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

140:1 O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! ⁷ 

Protect me from violent men, ⁸ 

Mazmur 140:4

140:4 O Lord, shelter me from the power ⁹  of the wicked!

Protect me from violent men,

who plan to knock me over. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 140:11

140:11 A slanderer ¹¹  will not endure on ¹²  the earth;

calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. ¹³ 

[52:2]  ¹ tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”

[52:2]  ² tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.

[86:14]  ³ tn Heb “rise up against me.”

[86:14]  ⁴ tn Or “assembly.”

[86:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “seek my life and do not set you before them.” See Ps 54:3.

[140:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 140. The psalmist asks God to deliver him from his deadly enemies, calls judgment down upon them, and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

[140:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “from a wicked man.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2).

[140:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “a man of violent acts.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2).

[140:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “hands.”

[140:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to push down my steps.”

[140:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

[140:11]  ¹² tn Heb “be established in.”

[140:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.