Mazmur 17:13

17:13 Rise up, Lord!

Confront him! ¹  Knock him down! ² 

Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man! ³ 

Mazmur 25:20

25:20 Protect me ⁴  and deliver me!

Please do not let me be humiliated,

for I have taken shelter in you!

Mazmur 59:3

59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me; ⁵ 

powerful men stalk ⁶  me,

but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ⁷ 

[17:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Be in front of his face.”

[17:13]  ² tn Or “bring him to his knees.”

[17:13]  ³ tn Heb “rescue my life from the wicked [one] [by] your sword.”

[25:20]  ⁴ tn Or “my life.”

[59:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “my life.”

[59:3]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.

[59:3]  ⁷ sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord.