59:14 They return in the evening;
they growl 1 like a dog
and prowl around outside 2 the city.
22:20 Deliver me 3 from the sword!
Save 4 my life 5 from the claws 6 of the wild dogs!
נ (Nun)
119:105 Your word 7 is a lamp to walk by,
and a light to illumine my path. 8
1 tn Or “howl”; or “bark.”
2 tn Heb “go around.”
3 tn Or “my life.”
4 tn The verb “save” is supplied in the translation; it is understood by ellipsis (see “deliver” in the preceding line).
5 tn Heb “my only one.” The psalmist may mean that his life is precious, or that he feels isolated and alone.
6 tn Heb “from the hand.” Here “hand” is understood by metonymy as a reference to the “paw” and thus the “claws” of the wild dogs.
5 tn Many medieval Hebrew
6 tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”