83:16 Cover 1 their faces with shame,
so they might seek 2 you, 3 O Lord.
83:2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;
those who hate you are hostile. 4
19:5 Like a bridegroom it emerges 5 from its chamber; 6
like a strong man it enjoys 7 running its course. 8
1 tn Heb “fill.”
2 tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).
3 tn Heb “your name,” which stands here for God’s person.
4 tn Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg 8:28.
5 tn The participle expresses the repeated or regular nature of the action.
6 tn The Hebrew noun חֻפָּה (khufah, “chamber”) occurs elsewhere only in Isa 4:5 and Joel 2:16 (where it refers to the bedroom of a bride and groom).
7 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the regularity of the action.
8 tn Heb “[on] a path.”