Mazmur 27:6

27:6 Now I will triumph

over my enemies who surround me! ¹ 

I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! ² 

I will sing praises to the Lord!

Mazmur 59:3

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

powerful men stalk ⁴  me,

but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ⁵ 

Mazmur 69:14

69:14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink!

Deliver me ⁶  from those who hate me,

from the deep water!

[27:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and now my head will be lifted up over my enemies all around me.”

[27:6]  sn In vv. 1-3 the psalmist generalizes, but here we discover that he is facing a crisis and is under attack from enemies (see vv. 11-12).

[27:6]  ² tn Heb “I will sacrifice in his tent sacrifices of a shout for joy” (that is, “sacrifices accompanied by a joyful shout”).

[59:3]  ³ tn Heb “my life.”

[59:3]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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.

[69:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “let me be delivered.”