22:12 Many bulls 1 surround me;
powerful bulls of Bashan 2 hem me in.
51:19 Then you will accept 3 the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings;
then bulls will be sacrificed 4 on your altar. 5
1 sn The psalmist figuratively compares his enemies to dangerous bulls.
2 sn Bashan, located east of the Jordan River, was well-known for its cattle. See Ezek 39:18; Amos 4:1.
3 tn Or “desire, take delight in.”
4 tn Heb “then they will offer up bulls.” The third plural subject is indefinite.
5 sn Verses 18-19 appear to reflect the exilic period, when the city’s walls lay in ruins and the sacrificial system had been disrupted.