18:17 He rescued me from my strong enemy, 1
from those who hate me,
for they were too strong for me.
59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me; 2
powerful men stalk 3 me,
but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. 4
1 tn The singular refers either to personified death or collectively to the psalmist’s enemies. The following line, which refers to “those [plural] who hate me,” favors the latter.
2 tn Heb “my life.”
3 tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.
4 sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the