18:48 He delivers me 1 from my enemies;
you snatch me away 2 from those who attack me; 3
you rescue me from violent men.
92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; 4
I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. 5
1 tn Heb “[the one who] delivers me.” 2 Sam 22:49 reads “and [the one who] brings me out.”
2 tn Heb “lifts me up.” In light of the preceding and following references to deliverance, the verb רום probably here refers to being rescued from danger (see Ps 9:13). However, it could mean “exalt, elevate” here, indicating that the
3 tn Heb “from those who rise against me.”
4 tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).
5 tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”