Psalms 4:5

4:5 Offer the prescribed sacrifices ¹ 

and trust in the Lord! ² 

Psalms 106:38

106:38 They shed innocent blood –

the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

The land was polluted by bloodshed. ³ 

[4:5]  ¹ tn Or “proper, right.” The phrase also occurs in Deut 33:19 and Ps 51:19.

[4:5]  ² sn Trust in the Lord. The psalmist urges his enemies to make peace with God and become his followers.

[106:38]  ³ sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.