Mazmur 17:13

Konteks

17:13 Rise up, Lord!

Confront him!¹ Knock him down!²

Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!³

Mazmur 140:6

Konteks

140:6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”

O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Konteks

140:11 A slanderer⁴ will not endure on⁵ the earth;

calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.⁶

[17:13] ¹tn Heb “Be in front of his face.”

[17:13] ²tn Or “bring him to his knees.”

[17:13] ³tn Heb “rescue my life from the wicked [one] [by] your sword.”

[140:11] ⁴tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

[140:11] ⁵tn Heb “be established in.”

[140:11] ⁶tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.