Psalms 17:10

17:10 They are calloused; ¹ 

they speak arrogantly. ² 

Psalms 78:48

78:48 He rained hail down on their cattle, ³ 

and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock. ⁴ 

Psalms 78:62

78:62 He delivered his people over to the sword,

and was angry with his chosen nation. ⁵ 

Psalms 31:8

31:8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy;

you enable me to stand ⁶  in a wide open place.

Psalms 35:3

35:3 Use your spear and lance ⁷  against ⁸  those who chase me!

Assure me with these words: ⁹  “I am your deliverer!”

Psalms 78:50

78:50 He sent his anger in full force; ¹⁰ 

he did not spare them from death;

he handed their lives over to destruction. ¹¹ 

[17:10]  ¹ tn Heb “their fat they close.” The Hebrew term חֵלֶב (khelev, “fat”) appears to stand by metonymy for their calloused hearts. They attack the psalmist without feeling any pity or remorse. Some propose emending the text to חֵלֶב לִבָּמוֹ (khelev libbamo, “fat of their heart[s]; cf. Ps 119:70, “their heart is insensitive like fat”). This assumes haplography of the לב (lamed-bet) consonantal sequence.

[17:10]  ² tn Heb “[with] their mouth they speak with arrogance.”

[78:48]  ³ tn Heb “and he turned over to the hail their cattle.”

[78:48]  ⁴ tn Heb “and their livestock to the flames.” “Flames” here refer to the lightning bolts that accompanied the storm.

[78:62]  ⁵ tn Heb “his inheritance.”

[31:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “you cause my feet to stand.”

[35:3]  ⁹ tn Or “javelin.” On the meaning of this word, which occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible, see M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:210-11.

[35:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “draw out spear and lance to meet.”

[35:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “say to me,” or “say to my soul.”

[78:50]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he leveled a path for his anger.” There were no obstacles to impede its progress; it moved swiftly and destructively.

[78:50]  ¹² tn Or perhaps “[the] plague.”