59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me; 1
powerful men stalk 2 me,
but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. 3
1 tn Heb “my life.”
2 tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.
3 sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the