Psalms 63:11

63:11 But the king ¹  will rejoice in God;

everyone who takes oaths in his name ²  will boast,

for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up. ³ 

Psalms 133:2

133:2 It is like fine oil poured on the head

which flows down the beard ⁴  –

Aaron’s beard,

and then flows down his garments. ⁵ 

[63:11]  ¹ sn The psalmist probably refers to himself in the third person here.

[63:11]  ² tn Heb “who swears [an oath] by him.”

[63:11]  ³ tn The Niphal of this verb occurs only here and in Gen 8:2, where it is used of God “stopping” or “damming up” the great deep as he brought the flood to an end.

[133:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “[it is] like the good oil on the head, going down on the beard.”

[133:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “which goes down in accordance with his measured things.” The Hebrew phrase מִדּוֹתָיו (middotayv, “his measured things”) refers here to the robes worn by Aaron. HALOT 546 s.v. *מַד derives the form from מַד (midah, “robe”) rather than מִדָּה (middah, “measured thing”). Ugaritic md means “robe” and is pluralized mdt.