Mazmur 106:23

106:23 He threatened ¹  to destroy them,

but ²  Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him ³ 

and turned back his destructive anger. ⁴ 

Daniel 9:16

9:16 O Lord, according to all your justice, ⁵  please turn your raging anger ⁶  away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

[106:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

[106:23]  ² tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”

[106:23]  ³ tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”

[106:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”

[106:23]  sn Verses 19-23 describe the events of Exod 32:1-35.

[9:16]  ⁵ tn Or “righteousness.”

[9:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “your anger and your rage.” The synonyms are joined here to emphasize the degree of God’s anger. This is best expressed in English by making one of the terms adjectival (cf. NLT “your furious anger”; CEV “terribly angry”).