9:3 When my enemies turn back,
they trip and are defeated 1 before you.
44:10 You made us retreat 2 from the enemy.
Those who hate us take whatever they want from us. 3
56:9 My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; 4
I know that God is on my side. 5
1 tn Or “perish”; or “die.” The imperfect verbal forms in this line either emphasize what typically happens or describe vividly the aftermath of a recent battle in which the
2 tn Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”
3 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).
4 tn Heb “then my enemies will turn back in the day I cry out.” The Hebrew particle אָז (’az, “then”) is probably used here to draw attention to the following statement.
5 tn Heb “this I know, that God is for me.”