Psalms 59:2

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ¹ 

Rescue me from violent men! ² 

Psalms 139:19

139:19 If only ³  you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men! ⁴ 

[59:2]  ¹ tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ² tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”

[139:19]  ³ tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).

[139:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”