Psalms 59:13

59:13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish!

Let them know that God rules

in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

Psalms 73:26

73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ¹ 

but God always ²  protects my heart and gives me stability. ³ 

Psalms 74:11

74:11 Why do you remain inactive?

Intervene and destroy him! ⁴ 

Psalms 139:4

139:4 Certainly ⁵  my tongue does not frame a word

without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. ⁶ 

[73:26]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb כָלָה (khalah, “to fail; to grow weak”) does not refer here to physical death per se, but to the physical weakness that sometimes precedes death (see Job 33:21; Pss 71:9; 143:7; Prov 5:11).

[73:26]  ² tn Or “forever.”

[73:26]  ³ tn Heb “is the rocky summit of my heart and my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to a rocky summit where one could go for protection and to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.

[74:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? From the midst of your chest, destroy!” The psalmist pictures God as having placed his right hand (symbolic of activity and strength) inside his robe against his chest. He prays that God would pull his hand out from under his robe and use it to destroy the enemy.

[139:4]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[139:4]  ² tn Heb “look, O Lord, you know all of it.”