79:9 Help us, O God, our deliverer!
For the sake of your glorious reputation, 1 rescue us!
Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! 2
125:3 Indeed, 3 the scepter of a wicked king 4 will not settle 5
upon the allotted land of the godly.
Otherwise the godly might
do what is wrong. 6
1 tn Heb “the glory of your name.” Here and in the following line “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
2 tn Heb “your name.”
3 tn Or “for.”
4 tn Heb “a scepter of wickedness.” The “scepter” symbolizes royal authority; when collocated with “wickedness” the phrase refers to an oppressive foreign conqueror.
5 tn Or “rest.”
6 tn Heb “so that the godly might not stretch out their hands in wrongdoing.” A wicked king who sets a sinful example can have an adverse moral and ethical effect on the people he rules.