Psalms 59:14

59:14 They return in the evening;

they growl ¹  like a dog

and prowl around outside ²  the city.

Psalms 22:20

22:20 Deliver me ³  from the sword!

Save ⁴  my life ⁵  from the claws ⁶  of the wild dogs!

Psalms 119:105

נ (Nun)

119:105 Your word ⁷  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ⁸ 

[59:14]  ¹ tn Or “howl”; or “bark.”

[59:14]  ² tn Heb “go around.”

[22:20]  ³ tn Or “my life.”

[22:20]  ⁴ tn The verb “save” is supplied in the translation; it is understood by ellipsis (see “deliver” in the preceding line).

[22:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “my only one.” The psalmist may mean that his life is precious, or that he feels isolated and alone.

[22:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the hand.” Here “hand” is understood by metonymy as a reference to the “paw” and thus the “claws” of the wild dogs.

[119:105]  ⁵ tn Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural (“words”).

[119:105]  ⁶ tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”