Psalms 59:4

59:4 Though I have done nothing wrong, ¹  they are anxious to attack. ² 

Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! ³ 

Psalms 35:3

35:3 Use your spear and lance ⁴  against ⁵  those who chase me!

Assure me with these words: ⁶  “I am your deliverer!”

[59:4]  ¹ tn Heb “without sin.”

[59:4]  ² tn Heb “they run and they are determined.”

[59:4]  ³ tn Heb “arise to meet me and see.” The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qara’, “to meet; to encounter”) here carries the nuance of “to help.”

[35:3]  ⁴ tn Or “javelin.” On the meaning of this word, which occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible, see M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:210-11.

[35:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “draw out spear and lance to meet.”

[35:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “say to me,” or “say to my soul.”