Psalms 18:36

18:36 You widen my path; ¹ 

my feet ²  do not slip.

Psalms 69:23

69:23 May their eyes be blinded! ³ 

Make them shake violently! ⁴ 

Psalms 26:1

Psalm 26 ⁵ 

By David.

26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord,

for I have integrity, ⁶ 

and I trust in the Lord without wavering.

[18:36]  ¹ tn Heb “you make wide my step under me.” “Step” probably refers metonymically to the path upon which the psalmist walks. Another option is to translate, “you widen my stride.” This would suggest that God gives the psalmist the capacity to run quickly.

[18:36]  ² tn Heb “lower legs.” On the meaning of the Hebrew noun, which occurs only here, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 112. A cognate Akkadian noun means “lower leg.”

[69:23]  ³ tn Heb “may their eyes be darkened from seeing.”

[69:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “make their hips shake continually.”

[26:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 26. The author invites the Lord to test his integrity, asserts his innocence and declares his loyalty to God.

[26:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “for I in my integrity walk.”