107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner 1 shuts his mouth.
69:15 Don’t let the current overpower me!
Don’t let the deep swallow me up!
Don’t let the pit 2 devour me! 3
1 tn Heb “all evil,” which stands metonymically for those who do evil.
2 tn Heb “well,” which here symbolizes the place of the dead (cf. Ps 55:23).
3 tn Heb “do not let the well close its mouth upon me.”