2 Samuel 22:49

22:49 He delivers me from my enemies; ¹ 

you snatch me away ²  from those who attack me; ³ 

you rescue me from violent men.

Psalms 55:9

55:9 Confuse them, ⁴  O Lord!

Frustrate their plans! ⁵ 

For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Psalms 72:14

72:14 From harm and violence he will defend them; ⁶ 

he will value their lives. ⁷ 

Psalms 86:14

86:14 O God, arrogant men attack me; ⁸ 

a gang ⁹  of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 140:1

Psalm 140 ¹¹ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

140:1 O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! ¹² 

Protect me from violent men, ¹³ 

Psalms 140:4

140:4 O Lord, shelter me from the power ¹⁴  of the wicked!

Protect me from violent men,

who plan to knock me over. ¹⁵ 

Psalms 140:11

140:11 A slanderer ¹⁶  will not endure on ¹⁷  the earth;

calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. ¹⁸ 

[22:49]  ¹ tn Heb “and [the one who] brings me out from my enemies.”

[22:49]  ² tn Heb “you lift me up.” In light of the preceding and following references to deliverance, the verb רוּם (rum) probably here refers to being rescued from danger (see Ps 9:13). However, it could mean “exalt; elevate” here, indicating that the Lord has given him victory over his enemies and forced them to acknowledge the psalmist’s superiority.

[22:49]  ³ tn Heb “from those who rise against me.”

[55:9]  ⁴ tn Traditionally בַּלַּע (bala’) has been taken to mean “swallow” in the sense of “devour” or “destroy” (cf. KJV), but this may be a homonym meaning “confuse” (see BDB 118 s.v. בַּלַּע; HALOT 135 s.v. III *בֶּלַע). “Their tongue” is the understood object of the verb (see the next line).

[55:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “split their tongue,” which apparently means “confuse their speech,” or, more paraphrastically, “frustrate the plans they devise with their tongues.”

[72:14]  ⁶ tn Or “redeem their lives.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Pss 19:14; 69:18).

[72:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “their blood will be precious in his eyes.”

[86:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “rise up against me.”

[86:14]  ⁹ tn Or “assembly.”

[86:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “seek my life and do not set you before them.” See Ps 54:3.

[140:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 140. The psalmist asks God to deliver him from his deadly enemies, calls judgment down upon them, and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

[140:1]  ¹² tn Heb “from a wicked man.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2).

[140:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “a man of violent acts.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2).

[140:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “hands.”

[140:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to push down my steps.”

[140:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

[140:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “be established in.”

[140:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.