2 Samuel 24:14

24:14 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ¹ 

Mazmur 9:14

9:14 Then I will ²  tell about all your praiseworthy acts; ³ 

in the gates of Daughter Zion ⁴  I will rejoice because of your deliverance.” ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “There is great distress to me. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for great is his mercy, but into the hand of man let me not fall.”

² tn Or “so that I might.”

³ tn Heb “all your praise.” “Praise” stands by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt it.

⁴ sn Daughter Zion is an idiomatic title for Jerusalem. It appears frequently in the prophets, but only here in the psalms.

⁵ tn Heb “in your deliverance.”