22:12 Many bulls 1 surround me;
powerful bulls of Bashan 2 hem me in.
78:25 Man ate the food of the mighty ones. 3
He sent them more than enough to eat. 4
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 sn Because of the reference to “heaven” in the preceding verse, it is likely that mighty ones refers here to the angels of heaven. The LXX translates “angels” here, as do a number of modern translations (NEB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “provision he sent to them to satisfaction.”