89:38 But you have spurned 1 and rejected him;
you are angry with your chosen king. 2
64:9 Lord, do not be too angry!
Do not hold our sins against us continually! 3
Take a good look at your people, at all of us! 4
1 tn The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.
2 tn Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (mÿshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 132:10, 17).
3 tn Heb “do not remember sin continually.”
4 tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”