44:23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Wake up! 1 Do not reject us forever!
78:65 But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; 2
he was like a warrior in a drunken rage. 3
78:66 He drove his enemies back;
he made them a permanent target for insults. 4
1 sn Wake up! See Ps 35:23.
2 tn Heb “and the master awoke like one sleeping.” The
3 tn Heb “like a warrior overcome with wine.” The Hebrew verb רוּן (run, “overcome”) occurs only here in the OT. The phrase “overcome with wine” could picture a drunken warrior controlled by his emotions and passions (as in the present translation), or it could refer to a warrior who awakes from a drunken stupor.
4 tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”