Psalms 52:5-6

52:5 Yet ¹  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ² 

He will scoop you up ³  and remove you from your home; ⁴ 

he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,

and will mock the evildoer, saying: ⁵ 

Psalms 91:8

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back. ⁶ 

Psalms 92:11

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ⁷ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ⁸ 

[52:5]  ¹ tn The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response.

[52:5]  ² tn Heb “will tear you down forever.”

[52:5]  ³ tn This rare verb (חָתָה, khatah) occurs only here and in Prov 6:27; 25:22; Isa 30:14.

[52:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “from [your] tent.”

[52:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the godly will see and will fear and at him will laugh.”

[91:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”

[92:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).

[92:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”