106:35 They mixed in with the nations
and learned their ways. 1
106:36 They worshiped 2 their idols,
which became a snare to them. 3
106:37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. 4
106:38 They shed innocent blood –
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted by bloodshed. 5
106:39 They were defiled by their deeds,
and unfaithful in their actions. 6
106:40 So the Lord was angry with his people 7
and despised the people who belong to him. 8
106:41 He handed them over to 9 the nations,
and those who hated them ruled over them.
106:42 Their enemies oppressed them;
they were subject to their authority. 10
1 tn Heb “their deeds.”
2 tn Or “served.”
3 sn Became a snare. See Exod 23:33; Judg 2:3.
4 tn The Hebrew term שֵׁדִים (shedim, “demons”) occurs only here and in Deut 32:17. Some type of lesser deity is probably in view.
5 sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.
6 tn Heb “and they committed adultery in their actions.” This means that they were unfaithful to the
7 tn Heb “the anger of the
8 tn Heb “his inheritance.”
9 tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”
10 tn Heb “they were subdued under their hand.”