Psalms 17:14

17:14 Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, ¹ 

from the murderers of this world! ² 

They enjoy prosperity; ³ 

you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. ⁴ 

They have many children,

and leave their wealth to their offspring. ⁵ 

Psalms 60:1

Psalm 60 ⁶ 

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ⁷  a prayer ⁸  of David written to instruct others. ⁹  It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down ¹⁰  12,000 Edomites ¹¹  in the Valley of Salt. ¹² 

60:1 O God, you have rejected us. ¹³ 

You suddenly turned on us in your anger. ¹⁴ 

Please restore us! ¹⁵ 

[17:14]  ¹ tc Heb “from men [by] your hand, Lord.” The translation assumes an emendation (both here and in the following line) of מִמְתִים (mimtim, “from men”) to מִמְמִתִים (mimmitim, “from those who kill”). For other uses of the plural form of the Hiphil participle of מוּת (mut, “die”), see 2 Kgs 17:26 (used with lions as subject), Job 33:22 (apparently referring to the agents of death), and Jer 26:15 (used of those seeking Jeremiah’s life).

[17:14]  ² tn Heb “from men, from [the] world.” On the emendation of “men” to “murderers,” see the preceding note on the word “murderers.”

[17:14]  ³ tn Heb “their portion, in life.”

[17:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [with] your treasures you fill their belly.”

[17:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] sons and leave their abundance to their children.”

[60:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.

[60:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.

[60:1]  ⁸ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[60:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “to teach.”

[60:1]  ¹⁰ tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.

[60:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).

[60:1]  ¹² sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.

[60:1]  ¹³ sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.

[60:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”

[60:1]  ¹⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.