Psalms 18:37

18:37 I chase my enemies and catch ¹  them;

I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

Psalms 69:9

69:9 Certainly ²  zeal for ³  your house ⁴  consumes me;

I endure the insults of those who insult you. ⁵ 

[18:37]  ¹ tn 2 Sam 22:38 reads “destroy.”

[69:9]  ² tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.

[69:9]  ³ tn Or “devotion to.”

[69:9]  ⁴ sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.

[69:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”