2 Kings 4:34

4:34 He got up on the bed and spread his body out over ¹  the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s ²  mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin ³  grew warm.

Genesis 49:24

49:24 But his bow will remain steady,

and his hands ⁴  will be skillful;

because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of ⁵  the Shepherd, the Rock ⁶  of Israel,

Psalms 144:1

Psalm 144 ⁷ 

By David.

144:1 The Lord, my protector, ⁸  deserves praise ⁹  –

the one who trains my hands for battle, ¹⁰ 

and my fingers for war,

¹ tn Heb “he went up and lay down over.”

² tn Heb “his” (also in the next two clauses).

³ tn Or perhaps, “body”; Heb “flesh.”

⁴ tn Heb “the arms of his hands.”

⁵ tn Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.”

⁶ tn Or “Stone.”

⁷ sn Psalm 144. The psalmist expresses his confidence in God, asks for a mighty display of divine intervention in an upcoming battle, and anticipates God’s rich blessings on the nation in the aftermath of military victory.

⁸ tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

⁹ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.”

¹⁰ sn The one who trains my hands for battle. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement (see Ps 18:34). Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.