Ratapan 3:52

צ (Tsade)

3:52 For no good reason ¹  my enemies

hunted me down ²  like a bird.

Ratapan 3:59

3:59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord;

pronounce judgment on my behalf! ³ 

[3:52]  ¹ tn Heb “without cause.”

[3:52]  ² tn The construction צוֹד צָדוּנִי (tsod tsaduni, “they have hunted me down”) is emphatic: Qal infinitive absolute of the same root of Qal perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix.

[3:59]  ³ tn Heb “Please judge my judgment.”