3:6 I am not afraid 1 of the multitude of people 2
who attack me from all directions. 3
144:13 Our storehouses 4 will be full,
providing all kinds of food. 5
Our sheep will multiply by the thousands
and fill 6 our pastures. 7
1 tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s continuing attitude as he faces the crisis at hand.
2 tn Or perhaps “troops.” The Hebrew noun עָם (’am) sometimes refers to a military contingent or army.
3 tn Heb “who all around take a stand against me.”
4 tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here.
5 tn Heb “from kind to kind.” Some prefer to emend the text to מָזוֹן עַל מָזוֹן (mazon ’al mazon, “food upon food”).
6 tn Heb “they are innumerable.”
7 tn Heb “in outside places.” Here the term refers to pastures and fields (see Job 5:10; Prov 8:26).