39:9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth
because of what you have done. 1
39:10 Please stop wounding me! 2
You have almost beaten me to death! 3
[39:9] 1 tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).
[39:10] 2 tn Heb “remove from upon me your wound.”
[39:10] 3 tn Heb “from the hostility of your hand I have come to an end.”
