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 

Mazmur 106:30-31

106:30 Phinehas took a stand and intervened, ⁵ 

and the plague subsided.

106:31 This brought him a reward,

an eternal gift. ⁶ 

[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.

[106:30]  ⁵ sn The intervention of Phinehas is recounted in Num 25:7-8.

[106:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, to a generation and a generation forever.” The verb חָשַׁב (khashav, “to reckon”) is collocated with צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”) only in Ps 106:31 and Gen 15:6, where God rewards Abram’s faith with a land grant.

[106:31]  sn Brought him a reward. See Num 25:12-13.