69:26 For they harass 1 the one whom you discipline; 2
they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 3
109:22 For I am oppressed and needy,
and my heart beats violently within me. 4
1 tn Or “persecute”; Heb “chase.”
2 tn Heb “for you, the one whom you strike, they chase.”
3 tn Heb “they announce the pain of your wounded ones” (i.e., “the ones whom you wounded,” as the parallel line makes clear).
4 tc The verb in the Hebrew text (חָלַל, khalal) appears to be a Qal form from the root חלל meaning “pierced; wounded.” However, the Qal of this root is otherwise unattested. The translation assumes an emendation to יָחִיל (yakhil), a Qal imperfect from חוּל (khul, “tremble”) or to חֹלַל (kholal), a polal perfect from חוּל (khul). See Ps 55:4, which reads לִבִּי יָחִיל בְּקִרְבִּי (libbiy yakhil bÿqirbbiy, “my heart trembles [i.e., “beats violently”] within me”).