91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –
you will see the wicked paid back. 1
32:6 For this reason every one of your faithful followers 2 should pray to you
while there is a window of opportunity. 3
Certainly 4 when the surging water 5 rises,
it will not reach them. 6
1 tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”
2 tn A “faithful follower” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 12:1; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).
3 tn Heb “at a time of finding.” This may mean, “while there is time to ‘find’ [the
4 tn The Hebrew term רַק (raq) occasionally has an asseverative force.
5 sn The surging water is here a metaphor for trouble that endangers one’s life.
6 tn Heb “him.” The translation uses the plural “them” to agree with the plural “every one of your faithful followers” in the first line of v. 6.