76:2 He lives in Salem; 1
he dwells in Zion. 2
10:9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; 3
he lies in ambush, waiting to catch 4 the oppressed;
he catches the oppressed 5 by pulling in his net. 6
27:5 He will surely 7 give me shelter 8 in the day of danger; 9
he will hide me in his home; 10
he will place me 11 on an inaccessible rocky summit. 12
1 sn Salem is a shorter name for Jerusalem (see Gen 14:18).
2 tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. 4).
3 tn Or “in its den.”
4 tn The verb, which also appears in the next line, occurs only here and in Judg 21:21.
5 tn The singular form is collective (see v. 10) or refers to the typical or representative oppressed individual.
6 tn Or “when he [i.e., the wicked man] pulls in his net.”
5 tn Or “for he will.” The translation assumes the כִּי (ki) is asseverative here, rather than causal.
6 tn Heb “he will hide me in his hut.”
7 tn Or “trouble.”
8 tn Heb “tent.”
9 tn The three imperfect verb forms in v. 5 anticipate a positive response to the prayer offered in vv. 7-12.
10 tn Heb “on a rocky summit he lifts me up.” The