40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
be humiliated 1 and disgraced! 2
70:3 May those who say, “Aha! Aha!”
be driven back 3 and disgraced! 4
107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands, 5
and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. 6
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.
2 tn Heb “May they be humiliated according to their shame, those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’”
3 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.
4 tn Heb “May they be turned back according to their shame, those who say, ‘Aha! Aha!’” Ps 40:15 has the verb “humiliated” instead of “turned back” and adds “to me” after “say.”
5 tn Heb “the words of God.”
6 tn Heb “the counsel of the Most High.”