Psalms 119:123

119:123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, ¹ 

for your reliable promise to be fulfilled. ² 

Psalms 140:2

140:2 who plan ways to harm me. ³ 

All day long they stir up conflict. ⁴ 

[119:123]  ¹ tn Heb “my eyes fail for your deliverance.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. See the similar phrase in v. 82.

[119:123]  ² tn Heb “and for the word of your faithfulness.”

[140:2]  ³ tn Heb “they devise wicked [plans] in [their] mind.”

[140:2]  ⁴ tc Heb “they attack [for] war.” Some revocalize the verb (which is a Qal imperfect from גּוּר, gur, “to attack”) as יְגָרוּ (yÿgaru), a Piel imperfect from גָרָה (garah, “stir up strife”). This is followed in the present translation.