135:12 He gave their land as an inheritance,
as an inheritance to Israel his people.
136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,
for his loyal love endures,
124:4 The water would have overpowered us;
the current 1 would have overwhelmed 2 us. 3
78:55 He drove the nations out from before them;
he assigned them their tribal allotments 4
and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. 5
1 tn Or “stream.”
2 tn Heb “would have passed over.”
3 tn Heb “our being.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
1 tn Heb “he caused to fall [to] them with a measuring line an inheritance.”
2 tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”