Psalms 109:10

109:10 May his children ¹  roam around begging,

asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! ² 

Psalms 107:27

107:27 They swayed ³  and staggered like a drunk,

and all their skill proved ineffective. ⁴ 

Psalms 109:25

109:25 I am disdained by them. ⁵ 

When they see me, they shake their heads. ⁶ 

Psalms 22:7

22:7 All who see me taunt ⁷  me;

they mock me ⁸  and shake their heads. ⁹ 

Psalms 59:11

59:11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,

because then my people might forget the lesson. ¹⁰ 

Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,

O Lord who shields us! ¹¹ 

Psalms 59:15

59:15 They wander around looking for something to eat;

they refuse to sleep until they are full. ¹² 

[109:10]  ¹ tn Or “sons.”

[109:10]  ² tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shi’elu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.

[107:27]  ³ tn Only here does the Hebrew verb חָגַג (khagag; normally meaning “to celebrate”) carry the nuance “to sway.”

[107:27]  ⁴ tn The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root בלע (“to swallow”), but HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע understands a homonym here with the meaning “to be confused.”

[109:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “as for me, I am a reproach to them.”

[109:25]  ⁶ sn They shake their heads. Apparently shaking the head was a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 22:7; Lam 2:15.

[22:7]  ⁷ tn Or “scoff at, deride, mock.”

[22:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “they separate with a lip.” Apparently this refers to their verbal taunting.

[22:7]  ⁹ sn Shake their heads. Apparently this refers to a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 109:25; Lam 2:15.

[59:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”

[59:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”

[59:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “if they are not full, they stay through the night.”