Mazmur 35:20

35:20 For they do not try to make peace with others, ¹ 

but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting. ² 

Mazmur 74:16

74:16 You established the cycle of day and night; ³ 

you put the moon ⁴  and sun in place. ⁵ 

Mazmur 136:18

136:18 and killed powerful kings,

for his loyal love endures,

[35:20]  ¹ tn Heb “for they do not speak peace.”

[35:20]  ² tn Heb “but against the quiet ones of the land words of deceit they plan.” The imperfect verbal forms in v. 20 highlight their characteristic behavior.

[74:16]  ³ tn Heb “To you [is] day, also to you [is] night.”

[74:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “[the] light.” Following the reference to “day and night” and in combination with “sun,” it is likely that the Hebrew term מָאוֹר (ma’or, “light”) refers here to the moon.

[74:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “you established [the] light and [the] sun.”