2 Samuel 12:9
Context12:9 Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my 1 sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! 2 You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Psalms 51:14
Context51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, 3 O God, the God who delivers me!
Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. 4
[12:9] 1 tc So the Qere; the Kethib has “his.”
[12:9] 2 tn Heb “to you for a wife.” This expression also occurs at the end of v. 10.
[51:14] 3 tn Heb “from bloodshed.” “Bloodshed” here stands by metonymy for the guilt which it produces.
[51:14] 4 tn Heb “my tongue will shout for joy your deliverance.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a jussive, “may my tongue shout for joy.” However, the pattern in vv. 12-15 appears to be prayer/request (see vv. 12, 14a, 15a) followed by promise/vow (see vv. 13, 14b, 15b).