142:6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am in serious trouble! 1
Rescue me from those who chase me,
for they are stronger than I am.
1 tn Heb “for I am very low.”
2 tn Grk “Or how can.”
3 sn The strong man here pictures Satan.
4 sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.
3 tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
4 tn Or “mistaken” (cf. BDAG 822 s.v. πλανάω 2.c.γ).
4 tn The referent of the expression “a strong man” is Satan.
5 tn The word αὐλή (aulh) describes any building large and elaborate enough to have an interior courtyard, thus “dwelling, palace, mansion” (L&N 7.6).
6 tn Grk “his goods are in peace.”
5 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
6 tn The referent of the expression “a stronger man” is Jesus.
7 tn Grk “stronger man than he attacks.”
8 tn Grk “his”; the referent (the first man mentioned) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Grk “on which he relied.”
10 tn Or “and distributes.”
11 sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.