Psalms 35:3

35:3 Use your spear and lance ¹  against ²  those who chase me!

Assure me with these words: ³  “I am your deliverer!”

Psalms 78:50

78:50 He sent his anger in full force; ⁴ 

he did not spare them from death;

he handed their lives over to destruction. ⁵ 

[35:3]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “draw out spear and lance to meet.”

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

[78:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “he leveled a path for his anger.” There were no obstacles to impede its progress; it moved swiftly and destructively.

[78:50]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “[the] plague.”