138:8 The Lord avenges me. 1
O Lord, your loyal love endures.
Do not abandon those whom you have made! 2
[138:8] 1 tn Heb “avenges on my behalf.” For the meaning “to avenge” for the verb גָּמַר (gamar), see HALOT 197-98 s.v. גמר.
[138:8] 2 tn Heb “the works of your hands.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the singular, “work of your hands.”