Mazmur 57:6

57:6 They have prepared a net to trap me; ¹ 

I am discouraged. ² 

They have dug a pit for me. ³ 

They will fall ⁴  into it! (Selah)

Mazmur 78:50

78:50 He sent his anger in full force; ⁵ 

he did not spare them from death;

he handed their lives over to destruction. ⁶ 

Mazmur 126:2

126:2 At that time we laughed loudly

and shouted for joy. ⁷ 

At that time the nations said, ⁸ 

“The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”

[57:6]  ¹ tn Heb “for my feet.”

[57:6]  ² tn Heb “my life bends low.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[57:6]  ³ tn Heb “before me.”

[57:6]  ⁴ tn The perfect form is used rhetorically here to express the psalmist’s certitude. The demise of the enemies is so certain that he can speak of it as already accomplished.

[78:50]  ⁵ tn Heb “he leveled a path for his anger.” There were no obstacles to impede its progress; it moved swiftly and destructively.

[78:50]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “[the] plague.”

[126:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout.”

[126:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “they said among the nations.”