Mazmur 35:24

35:24 Vindicate me by your justice, O Lord my God!

Do not let them gloat ¹  over me!

Mazmur 75:9

75:9 As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; ² 

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

Mazmur 78:65

78:65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; ³ 

he was like a warrior in a drunken rage. ⁴ 

Mazmur 96:11

96:11 Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy!

Let the sea and everything in it shout!

[35:24]  ¹ tn Heb “rejoice.”

[75:9]  ² tn Heb “I will declare forever.” The object needs to be supplied; God’s just judgment is in view.

[78:65]  ³ tn Heb “and the master awoke like one sleeping.” The Lord’s apparent inactivity during the time of judgment is compared to sleep.

[78:65]  ⁴ tn Heb “like a warrior overcome with wine.” The Hebrew verb רוּן (run, “overcome”) occurs only here in the OT. The phrase “overcome with wine” could picture a drunken warrior controlled by his emotions and passions (as in the present translation), or it could refer to a warrior who awakes from a drunken stupor.