Psalms 58:3

58:3 The wicked turn aside from birth; ¹ 

liars go astray as soon as they are born. ² 

Psalms 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ³ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ⁴ 

Psalms 108:11

108:11 Have you not rejected us, O God?

O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

[58:3]  ¹ tn Heb “from the womb.”

[58:3]  ² tn Heb “speakers of a lie go astray from the womb.”

[63:9]  ³ tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.

[63:9]  ⁴ sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.