Deuteronomy 32:13

32:13 He enabled him ¹  to travel over the high terrain of the land,

and he ate of the produce of the fields.

He provided honey for him from the cliffs, ² 

and olive oil ³  from the hardest of ⁴  rocks, ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 33:29

33:29 You have joy, Israel! Who is like you?

You are a people delivered by the Lord,

your protective shield

and your exalted sword.

May your enemies cringe before you;

may you trample on their backs.

Micah 1:3

1:3 Look, ⁶  the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place!

He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops! ⁷ 

Habakkuk 3:19

3:19 The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. ⁸ 

He gives me the agility of a deer; ⁹ 

he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. ¹⁰ 

(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) ¹¹ 

[32:13]  ¹ tn The form of the suffix on this verbal form indicates that the verb is a preterite, not an imperfect. As such it simply states the action factually. Note as well the preterites with vav (ו) consecutive that follow in the verse.

[32:13]  ² tn Heb “he made him suck honey from the rock.”

[32:13]  ³ tn Heb “oil,” but this probably refers to olive oil; see note on the word “rock” at the end of this verse.

[32:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “flinty.”

[32:13]  ⁵ sn Olive oil from rock probably suggests olive trees growing on rocky ledges and yet doing so productively. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 415; cf. TEV “their olive trees flourished in stony ground.”

[1:3]  ⁶ tn Or “For look.” The expression כִּי־הִנֵּה (ki-hinneh) may function as an explanatory introduction (“For look!”; Isa 26:21; 60:2; 65:17, 18: 66:15; Jer 1:15; 25:29; 30:10; 45:5; 46:27; 50:9; Ezek 30:9; 36:9; Zech 2:10; 3:8), or as an emphatic introduction (“Look!”; Jdgs 3:15; Isa 3:1; Jer 8:17; 30:3; 49:15; Hos 9:6; Joel 3:1 [HT 4:1]; Amos 4:2, 13; 6:11, 14; 9:9; Hab 1:6; Zech 2:9 [HT 2:13]; Zech 3:9; 11:16).

[1:3]  ⁷ tn Or “high places” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[3:19]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “is my wall,” that is, “my protector.”

[3:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “he makes my feet like those of deer.”

[3:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he makes me walk on my high places.”

[3:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “For the leader, on my stringed instruments.”