59:4 Though I have done nothing wrong, 1 they are anxious to attack. 2
Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! 3
35:3 Use your spear and lance 4 against 5 those who chase me!
Assure me with these words: 6 “I am your deliverer!”
1 tn Heb “without sin.”
2 tn Heb “they run and they are determined.”
3 tn Heb “arise to meet me and see.” The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qara’, “to meet; to encounter”) here carries the nuance of “to help.”
4 tn Or “javelin.” On the meaning of this word, which occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible, see M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:210-11.
5 tn Heb “draw out spear and lance to meet.”
6 tn Heb “say to me,” or “say to my soul.”