16:17 although 1 there is no violence in my hands
and my prayer is pure.
29:17 I broke the fangs 2 of the wicked,
and made him drop 3 his prey from his teeth.
1 tn For the use of the preposition עַל (’al) to introduce concessive clauses, see GKC 499 §160.c.
2 tn The word rendered “fangs” actually means “teeth,” i.e., the molars probably; it is used frequently of the teeth of wild beasts. Of course, the language is here figurative, comparing the oppressing enemy to a preying animal.
3 tn “I made [him] drop.” The verb means “to throw; to cast,” throw in the sense of “to throw away.” But in the context with the figure of the beast with prey in its mouth, “drop” or “cast away” is the idea. Driver finds another cognate meaning “rescue” (see AJSL 52 [1935/36]: 163).