Mazmur 37:14-15

37:14 Evil men draw their swords

and prepare their bows,

to bring down ¹  the oppressed and needy,

and to slaughter those who are godly. ² 

37:15 Their swords will pierce ³  their own hearts,

and their bows will be broken.

Mazmur 68:23

68:23 so that your feet may stomp ⁴  in their blood,

and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies’ corpses.” ⁵ 

Mazmur 92:10-11

92:10 You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. ⁶ 

I am covered ⁷  with fresh oil.

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ⁸ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ⁹ 

Mazmur 149:6-9

149:6 May they praise God

while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, ¹⁰ 

149:7 in order to take ¹¹  revenge on the nations,

and punish foreigners.

149:8 They bind ¹²  their kings in chains,

and their nobles in iron shackles,

149:9 and execute the judgment to which their enemies ¹³  have been sentenced. ¹⁴ 

All his loyal followers will be vindicated. ¹⁵ 

Praise the Lord!

[37:14]  ¹ tn Heb “to cause to fall.”

[37:14]  ² tn Heb “the upright in way,” i.e., those who lead godly lives.

[37:15]  ³ tn Heb “enter into.”

[68:23]  ⁴ tc Some (e.g. NRSV) prefer to emend מָחַץ (makhats, “smash; stomp”; see v. 21) to רָחַץ (rakhats, “bathe”; see Ps 58:10).

[68:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “[and] the tongue of your dogs from [the] enemies [may eat] its portion.”

[92:10]  ⁶ sn The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “to exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:24; Lam 2:17).

[92:10]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb בָּלַל (balal) usually has the nuance “to mix.” Here it seems to mean “to smear” or “to anoint.” Some emend the form to בַּלֹּתַנִי (ballotaniy; a second person form of the verb with a first person suffix) and read, “you anoint me.”

[92:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).

[92:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”

[149:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”

[149:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to do.”

[149:8]  ¹² tn Heb “to bind.”

[149:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the enemies of the people of God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[149:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to do against them judgment [that] is written.”

[149:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “it is honor for all his godly ones.” The judgment of the oppressive kings will bring vindication and honor to God’s people (see vv. 4-5).