Psalms 116:11

116:11 I rashly declared,

“All men are liars.”

Psalms 48:5

48:5 As soon as they see, they are shocked;

they are terrified, they quickly retreat.

Psalms 104:7

104:7 Your shout made the waters retreat;

at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –


tn Heb “I said in my haste.”

tn The object of “see” is omitted, but v. 3b suggests that the Lord’s self-revelation as the city’s defender is what they see.

tn Heb “they look, so they are shocked.” Here כֵּן (ken, “so”) has the force of “in the same measure.”

tn The translation attempts to reflect the staccato style of the Hebrew text, where the main clauses of vv. 4-6 are simply juxtaposed without connectives.