76:4 You shine brightly and reveal your majesty,
as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. 1
111:5 He gives 2 food to his faithful followers; 3
he always remembers his covenant. 4
124:6 The Lord deserves praise, 5
for 6 he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
22:13 They 7 open their mouths to devour me 8
like a roaring lion that rips its prey. 9
1 tn Heb “radiant [are] you, majestic from the hills of prey.” God is depicted as a victorious king and as a lion that has killed its victims.
2 tn Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.
3 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
4 tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).
3 tn Heb “blessed [be] the
4 tn Heb “[the one] who.”
4 tn “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.”
5 tn Heb “they open against me their mouth[s].” To “open the mouth against” is a Hebrew idiom associated with eating and swallowing (see Ezek 2:8; Lam 2:16).
6 tn Heb “a lion ripping and roaring.”