69:9 Certainly 1 zeal for 2 your house 3 consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you. 4
102:3 For my days go up in smoke, 5
and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 6
1 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
2 tn Or “devotion to.”
3 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
4 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”
5 tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”
6 tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2.