10:24 Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. 1
Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing. 2
25:37 Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste 3
by the fierce anger of the Lord. 4
1 tn Heb “with justice.”
2 tn The words, “to almost nothing” are not in the text. They are implicit from the general context and are supplied by almost all English versions.
3 tn For this meaning of the verb used here see HALOT 217 s.v. דָּמַם Nif. Elsewhere it refers to people dying (see, e.g., Jer 49:26; 50:30) hence some see a reference to “lifeless.”
4 tn Heb “because of the burning anger of the