Mazmur 73:27

73:27 Yes, ¹  look! Those far from you ²  die;

you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. ³ 

Mazmur 138:8

138:8 The Lord avenges me. ⁴ 

O Lord, your loyal love endures.

Do not abandon those whom you have made! ⁵ 

[73:27]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[73:27]  ² sn The following line defines the phrase far from you in a spiritual sense. Those “far” from God are those who are unfaithful and disloyal to him.

[73:27]  ³ tn Heb “everyone who commits adultery from you.”

[138:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “avenges on my behalf.” For the meaning “to avenge” for the verb גָּמַר (gamar), see HALOT 197-98 s.v. גמר.

[138:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the works of your hands.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the singular, “work of your hands.”