Psalms 76:8

76:8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. 1 

The earth 2  was afraid and silent

Psalms 140:12

140:12 I know 3  that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed

and vindicates the poor. 4 

1 tn Heb “a [legal] decision,” or “sentence.”

2 tn “The earth” stands here by metonymy for its inhabitants.

3 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading a first person verb form here. The Kethib reads the second person.

4 tn Heb “and the just cause of the poor.”