Psalms 74:4

74:4 Your enemies roar ¹  in the middle of your sanctuary; ² 

they set up their battle flags. ³ 

Psalms 74:23

74:23 Do not disregard ⁴  what your enemies say, ⁵ 

or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you. ⁶ 

Psalms 83:2

83:2 For look, your enemies are making a commotion;

those who hate you are hostile. ⁷ 

Matthew 27:24

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked

27:24 When ⁸  Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” ⁹ 

Acts 22:22

The Roman Commander Questions Paul

22:22 The crowd ¹⁰  was listening to him until he said this. ¹¹  Then ¹²  they raised their voices and shouted, ¹³  “Away with this man ¹⁴  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ¹⁵ 

[74:4]  ¹ tn This verb is often used of a lion’s roar, so the psalmist may be comparing the enemy to a raging, devouring lion.

[74:4]  ² tn Heb “your meeting place.”

[74:4]  ³ tn Heb “they set up their banners [as] banners.” The Hebrew noun אוֹת (’ot, “sign”) here refers to the enemy army’s battle flags and banners (see Num 2:12).

[74:23]  ⁴ tn Or “forget.”

[74:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “the voice of your enemies.”

[74:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “the roar of those who rise up against you, which ascends continually.”

[83:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “lift up [their] head[s].” The phrase “lift up [the] head” here means “to threaten; to be hostile,” as in Judg 8:28.

[27:24]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:24]  ⁹ sn You take care of it yourselves! Compare the response of the chief priests and elders to Judas in 27:4. The expression is identical except that in 27:4 it is singular and here it is plural.

[22:22]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “They were listening”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:22]  ¹¹ tn Grk “until this word.”

[22:22]  ¹² tn Grk “And.” To indicate the logical sequence, καί (kai) has been translated as “then” here.

[22:22]  ¹³ tn Grk “and said.”

[22:22]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “this one.”

[22:22]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 491 s.v. καθήκω has “to be appropriate, come/reach to, be proper/fitting…Usu. impers. καθήκει it comes (to someone)…foll. by acc. and inf….οὐ καθῆκεν αὐτὸν ζῆν he should not be allowed to live Ac 22:22.”