138:7 Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, 1 you revive me.
You oppose my angry enemies, 2
and your right hand delivers me.
138:8 The Lord avenges me. 3
O Lord, your loyal love endures.
Do not abandon those whom you have made! 4
1 tn Or “distress.”
2 tn Heb “against the anger of my enemies you extend your hand.”
3 tn Heb “avenges on my behalf.” For the meaning “to avenge” for the verb גָּמַר (gamar), see HALOT 197-98 s.v. גמר.
4 tn Heb “the works of your hands.” Many medieval Hebrew