Mazmur 83:4-5

83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! ¹ 

Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

83:5 Yes, ²  they devise a unified strategy; ³ 

they form an alliance ⁴  against you.

Mazmur 105:25

105:25 He caused them ⁵  to hate his people,

and to mistreat ⁶  his servants.

Mazmur 129:1-3

Psalm 129 ⁷ 

A song of ascents. ⁸ 

129:1 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,”

let Israel say.

129:2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,

but they have not defeated me.

129:3 The plowers plowed my back;

they made their furrows long.

[83:4]  ¹ tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”

[83:5]  ² tn Or “for.”

[83:5]  ³ tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”

[83:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[105:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “their heart.”

[105:25]  ⁶ tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him.

[129:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 129. Israel affirms God’s justice and asks him to destroy the enemies of Zion.

[129:1]  ⁸ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.