Mazmur 22:8
Konteks“Commit yourself 2 to the Lord!
Let the Lord 3 rescue him!
Let the Lord 4 deliver him, for he delights in him.” 5
Mazmur 35:8
Konteks35:8 Let destruction take them by surprise! 6
Let the net they hid catch them!
Let them fall into destruction! 7
Mazmur 127:5
Konteks127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!
They will not be put to shame 8 when they confront 9 enemies at the city gate.
[22:8] 1 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons. The psalmist here quotes the sarcastic taunts of his enemies.
[22:8] 2 tn Heb “roll [yourself].” The Hebrew verb גלל here has the sense of “commit” (see Prov 16:3). The imperatival form in the Hebrew text indicates the enemies here address the psalmist. Since they refer to him in the third person in the rest of the verse, some prefer to emend the verb to a perfect, “he commits himself to the
[22:8] 3 tn Heb “Let him”; the referent (the
[22:8] 4 tn Heb “Let him”; the referent (the
[22:8] 5 tn That is, “for he [the
[22:8] sn This statement does not necessarily reflect the enemies’ actual belief, but it does reflect the psalmist’s confession. The psalmist’s enemies sarcastically appeal to God to help him, because he claims to be an object of divine favor. However, they probably doubted the reality of his claim.
[35:8] 6 tn Heb “let destruction [which] he does not know come to him.” The singular is used of the enemy in v. 8, probably in a representative or collective sense. The psalmist has more than one enemy, as vv. 1-7 make clear.
[35:8] 7 tn The psalmist’s prayer for his enemies’ demise continues. See vv. 4-6.
[127:5] 8 tn Being “put to shame” is here metonymic for being defeated, probably in a legal context, as the reference to the city gate suggests. One could be humiliated (Ps 69:12) or deprived of justice (Amos 5:12) at the gate, but with strong sons to defend the family interests this was less likely to happen.
