Mazmur 44:9-14
Konteks44:9 But 1 you rejected and embarrassed us!
You did not go into battle with our armies. 2
44:10 You made us retreat 3 from the enemy.
Those who hate us take whatever they want from us. 4
44:11 You handed us 5 over like sheep to be eaten;
you scattered us among the nations.
44:12 You sold 6 your people for a pittance; 7
you did not ask a high price for them. 8
44:13 You made us 9 an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 10
44:14 You made us 11 an object of ridicule 12 among the nations;
foreigners treat us with contempt. 13
Mazmur 66:10-12
Konteks66:10 For 14 you, O God, tested us;
you purified us like refined silver.
66:11 You led us into a trap; 15
you caused us to suffer. 16
66:12 You allowed men to ride over our heads;
we passed through fire and water,
but you brought us out into a wide open place. 17
[44:9] 1 tn The particle אַף (’af, “but”) is used here as a strong adversative contrasting the following statement with what precedes.
[44:9] 2 tn Heb “you did not go out with our armies.” The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
[44:10] 3 tn Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”
[44:10] 4 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).
[44:11] 5 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
[44:12] 6 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
[44:12] 7 tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”
[44:12] 8 tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”
[44:13] 9 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
[44:13] 10 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”
[44:14] 11 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
[44:14] 12 tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”
[44:14] 13 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).
[66:11] 15 tn Heb “you brought us into a net.” This rare word for “net” also occurs in Ezek 12:13; 13:21; 17:20.
[66:11] 16 tn Heb “you placed suffering on our hips.” The noun מוּעָקָה (mu’aqah, “suffering”) occurs only here in the OT.
[66:12] 17 tc The MT reads רְוָיָה (“saturation”) but this should be emended to רְוָחָה (rÿvakhah, “wide open place”; i.e., “relief”), a reading supported by several ancient versions (LXX, Syriac, Jerome, Targum).