Psalms 11:5

11:5 The Lord approves of ¹  the godly, ² 

but he ³  hates ⁴  the wicked and those who love to do violence. ⁵ 

Psalms 18:48

18:48 He delivers me ⁶  from my enemies;

you snatch me away ⁷  from those who attack me; ⁸ 

you rescue me from violent men.

Psalms 52:2

52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ⁹ 

it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 86:14

86:14 O God, arrogant men attack me; ¹¹ 

a gang ¹²  of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. ¹³ 

Psalms 140:1

Psalm 140 ¹⁴ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

140:1 O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! ¹⁵ 

Protect me from violent men, ¹⁶ 

Psalms 140:4

140:4 O Lord, shelter me from the power ¹⁷  of the wicked!

Protect me from violent men,

who plan to knock me over. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 140:11

140:11 A slanderer ¹⁹  will not endure on ²⁰  the earth;

calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. ²¹ 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Heb “examines,” the same verb used in v. 4b. But here it is used in a metonymic sense of “examine and approve” (see Jer 20:12).

[11:5]  ² tn The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense. Note the plural form “pure (of heart)” in v. 2.

[11:5]  ³ tn Heb “his [very] being.” A נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, soul”) is also attributed to the Lord in Isa 1:14, where a suffixed form of the noun appears as the subject of the verb “hate.” Both there and here the term is used of the seat of one’s emotions and passions.

[11:5]  ⁴ sn He hates the wicked. The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds, and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 5:5.

[11:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wicked [one] and the lover of violence.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense. Note the plural form רְשָׁעִים (rÿsha’im, “wicked [ones]”) in vv. 2 and 6.

[18:48]  ⁶ tn Heb “[the one who] delivers me.” 2 Sam 22:49 reads “and [the one who] brings me out.”

[18:48]  ⁷ tn Heb “lifts me up.” In light of the preceding and following references to deliverance, the verb רום 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 the psalmist victory over his enemies and forced them to acknowledge the psalmist’s superiority (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[18:48]  ⁸ tn Heb “from those who rise against me.”

[52:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”

[52:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.

[86:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “rise up against me.”

[86:14]  ¹² tn Or “assembly.”

[86:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “seek my life and do not set you before them.” See Ps 54:3.

[140:1]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ 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]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “hands.”

[140:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “to push down my steps.”

[140:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

[140:11]  ²⁰ tn Heb “be established in.”

[140:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.