Psalms 58:10

58:10 The godly ¹  will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out;

they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 59:10

59:10 The God who loves me will help me; ² 

God will enable me to triumph over ³  my enemies. ⁴ 

Psalms 91:8

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back. ⁵ 

Psalms 92:9-11

92:9 Indeed, ⁶  look at your enemies, O Lord!

Indeed, ⁷  look at how your enemies perish!

All the evildoers are scattered!

92:10 You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. ⁸ 

I am covered ⁹  with fresh oil.

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ¹⁰ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ¹¹ 

[58:10]  ¹ tn The singular is representative here, as is the singular from “wicked” in the next line.

[59:10]  ² tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”

[59:10]  ³ tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”

[59:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.

[91:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”

[92:9]  ⁶ tn Or “for.”

[92:9]  ⁷ tn Or “for.”

[92:10]  ⁸ sn The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “to exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:24; Lam 2:17).

[92:10]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew verb בָּלַל (balal) usually has the nuance “to mix.” Here it seems to mean “to smear” or “to anoint.” Some emend the form to בַּלֹּתַנִי (ballotaniy; a second person form of the verb with a first person suffix) and read, “you anoint me.”

[92:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).

[92:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”