Mazmur 37:32

37:32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly

and try to kill them. ¹ 

Mazmur 10:8

10:8 He waits in ambush near the villages; ² 

in hidden places he kills the innocent.

His eyes look for some unfortunate victim. ³ 

Mazmur 56:6

56:6 They stalk ⁴  and lurk; ⁵ 

they watch my every step, ⁶ 

as ⁷  they prepare to take my life. ⁸ 

[37:32]  ¹ tn Heb “an evil [one] watches the godly [one] and seeks to kill him.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

[10:8]  ² tn Heb “he sits in the ambush of the villages.”

[10:8]  ³ tn Heb “his eyes for an unfortunate person lie hidden.” The language may picture a lion (see v. 9) peering out from its hiding place in anticipation that an unsuspecting victim will soon come strolling along.

[56:6]  ⁴ tn The verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 59:3.

[56:6]  ⁵ tn Or “hide.”

[56:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “my heels.”

[56:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to,” in the sense of “inasmuch as; since,” or “when; while.”

[56:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “they wait [for] my life.”