Psalms 39:10

39:10 Please stop wounding me! ¹ 

You have almost beaten me to death! ² 

Isaiah 14:6

14:6 It ³  furiously struck down nations

with unceasing blows. ⁴ 

It angrily ruled over nations,

oppressing them without restraint. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 24:16

24:16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, ⁶  but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.

¹ tn Heb “remove from upon me your wound.”

² tn Heb “from the hostility of your hand I have come to an end.”

³ tn Or perhaps, “he” (cf. KJV; NCV “the king of Babylon”). The present translation understands the referent of the pronoun (“it”) to be the “club/scepter” of the preceding line.

⁴ tn Heb “it was striking down nations in fury [with] a blow without ceasing.” The participle (“striking down”) suggests repeated or continuous action in past time.

⁵ tn Heb “it was ruling in anger nations [with] oppression without restraint.” The participle (“ruling”) suggests repeated or continuous action in past time.

⁶ tn Heb “a strike.”