68:19 The Lord deserves praise! 1
Day after day 2 he carries our burden,
the God who delivers us. (Selah)
68:20 Our God is a God who delivers;
the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death. 3
68:21 Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies,
the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. 4
1 tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”
2 tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows.
3 tn Heb “and to the
5 tn Heb “the hairy forehead of the one who walks about in his guilt.” The singular is representative.