69:26 For they harass 1 the one whom you discipline; 2
they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 3
69:27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! 4
Do not vindicate them! 5
69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! 6
Do not let their names be listed with the godly! 7
69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!
O God, deliver and protect me! 8
1 tn Or “persecute”; Heb “chase.”
2 tn Heb “for you, the one whom you strike, they chase.”
3 tn Heb “they announce the pain of your wounded ones” (i.e., “the ones whom you wounded,” as the parallel line makes clear).
4 tn Heb “place sin upon their sin.”
5 tn Heb “let them not come into your vindication.”
7 tn Heb “let them be wiped out of the scroll of the living.”
8 tn Heb “and with the godly let them not be written.”
10 tn Heb “your deliverance, O God, may it protect me.”