3:15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs
and made me drunk with bitterness. 1
3:57 You came near 2 on the day I called to you;
you said, 3 “Do not fear!”
1 tn Heb “wormwood” or “bitterness” (BDB 542 s.v. לַעֲנָה; HALOT 533 s.v. לַעֲנָה).
2 tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Draw near”). The perspective of the poem seems to be that of prayer during distress rather than a testimony that God has delivered.
3 tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Say”).