1 tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”
2 tn Heb “according to all whatever is good in your eyes.”
3 sn You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today. The request seems contradictory, but it can be explained in one of two ways. They may be asking for relief from their enemies and direct discipline from God’s hand. Or they may mean, “In the future you can do whatever you like to us, but give us relief from what we’re suffering right now.”
3 tn Heb “rushed on.”
4 tn Heb “him” or “it”; the referent (the lion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and there was nothing in his hand.”
4 tn Or “come up against.”
5 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”
6 tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”
7 tn Heb “the house of God.”