ס (Samek)
3:43 You shrouded yourself 1 with anger and then pursued us;
you killed without mercy.
35:6 May their path be 2 dark and slippery,
as the Lord’s angel chases them!
73:15 If I had publicized these thoughts, 3
I would have betrayed your loyal followers. 4
1 tn Heb “covered.” The object must be supplied either from the next line (“covered yourself”) or from the end of this line (“covered us”).
2 tn The prefixed verbal form is distinctly jussive, indicating this is a prayer.
3 tn Heb “If I had said, ‘I will speak out like this.’”
4 tn Heb “look, the generation of your sons I would have betrayed.” The phrase “generation of your [i.e., God’s] sons” occurs only here in the OT. Some equate the phrase with “generation of the godly” (Ps 14:5), “generation of the ones seeking him” (Ps 24:6), and “generation of the upright” (Ps 112:2). In Deut 14:1 the Israelites are referred to as God’s “sons.” Perhaps the psalmist refers here to those who are “Israelites” in the true sense because of their loyalty to God (note the juxtaposition of “Israel” with “the pure in heart” in v. 1).