74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?
Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
90:13 Turn back toward us, O Lord!
How long must this suffering last? 1
Have pity on your servants! 2
94:3 O Lord, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked celebrate? 3
1 tn Heb “Return, O
2 tn Elsewhere the Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) + the preposition עַל (’al) + a personal object has the nuance “be comforted concerning [the personal object’s death]” (see 2 Sam 13:39; Jer 31:15). However, here the context seems to demand “feel sorrow for,” “have pity on.” In Deut 32:36 and Ps 135:14, where “servants” is also the object of the preposition, this idea is expressed with the Hitpael form of the verb.
3 tn Or “exult.”