Psalms 59:2

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ¹ 

Rescue me from violent men! ² 

Psalms 72:14

72:14 From harm and violence he will defend them; ³ 

he will value their lives. ⁴ 

Psalms 79:3

79:3 They have made their blood flow like water

all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. ⁵ 

Psalms 94:21

94:21 They conspire against ⁶  the blameless, ⁷ 

and condemn to death the innocent. ⁸ 

Psalms 105:29

105:29 He turned their water into blood,

and killed their fish.

Psalms 139:19

139:19 If only ⁹  you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men! ¹⁰ 

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

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

[72:14]  ³ tn Or “redeem their lives.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Pss 19:14; 69:18).

[72:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “their blood will be precious in his eyes.”

[79:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “they have poured out their blood like water, all around Jerusalem, and there is no one burying.”

[94:21]  ⁷ tn Or “attack.”

[94:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “the life of the blameless.”

[94:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the blood of the innocent they declare guilty.”

[139:19]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”