69:23 May their eyes be blinded! 1
Make them shake violently! 2
13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp, 3
every human heart loses its courage. 4
13:8 They panic –
cramps and pain seize hold of them
like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.
They look at one another in astonishment;
their faces are flushed red. 5
21:3 For this reason my stomach churns; 6
cramps overwhelm me
like the contractions of a woman in labor.
I am disturbed 7 by what I hear,
horrified by what I see.
21:4 My heart palpitates, 8
I shake in fear; 9
the twilight I desired
has brought me terror.
1 tn Heb “may their eyes be darkened from seeing.”
2 tn Heb “make their hips shake continually.”
3 tn Heb “drop”; KJV “be faint”; ASV “be feeble”; NAB “fall helpless.”
4 tn Heb “melts” (so NAB).
5 tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.
6 tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”
7 tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”
8 tn Heb “wanders,” perhaps here, “is confused.”
9 tn Heb “shuddering terrifies me.”