94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 2
149:7 in order to take 3 revenge on the nations,
and punish foreigners.
18:47 The one true God 4 completely vindicates me; 5
he makes nations submit to me. 6
79:10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants
be avenged among the nations! 7
1 sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.
2 tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).
3 tn Heb “to do.”
5 tn Heb “the God.” See v. 32.
6 tn Heb “is the one who grants vengeance to me.” The plural form of the noun indicates degree here, suggesting complete vengeance or vindication.
7 tn Heb “he subdues nations beneath me.” On the meaning of the verb דָּבַר (davar, “subdue,” a homonym of דָּבַר, davar, “speak”), see HALOT 209-10 s.v. I דבר. See also Ps 47:3 and 2 Chr 22:10. 2 Sam 22:48 reads “and [is the one who] brings down nations beneath me.”
7 tn Heb “may it be known among the nations, to our eyes, the vengeance of the shed blood of your servants.”