Mazmur 45:5

45:5 Your arrows are sharp

and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.

Nations fall at your feet. ¹ 

Mazmur 74:3

74:3 Hurry and look ²  at the permanent ruins,

and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ³ 

Mazmur 74:18

74:18 Remember how ⁴  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ⁵ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

[45:5]  ¹ tn Heb “your arrows are sharp – peoples beneath you fall – in the heart of the enemies of the king.” The choppy style reflects the poet’s excitement.

[74:3]  ² tn Heb “lift up your steps to,” which may mean “run, hurry.”

[74:3]  ³ tn Heb “everything [the] enemy has damaged in the holy place.”

[74:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “remember this.”

[74:18]  ⁵ tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the Lord.”