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Psalms 65:5

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65:5 You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance,

O God, our savior. 1 

All the ends of the earth trust in you, 2 

as well as those living across the wide seas. 3 

Psalms 56:1

Context
Psalm 56 4 

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; 5  a prayer 6  of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 7 

56:1 Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! 8 

All day long hostile enemies 9  are tormenting me. 10 

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[65:5]  1 tn Heb “[with] awesome acts in deliverance you answer us, O God of our salvation.”

[65:5]  2 tn Heb “a source of confidence [for] all the ends of the earth.”

[65:5]  3 tc Heb “and [the] distant sea.” The plural adjective is problematic after the singular form “sea.” One could emend יָם (yam, “sea”) to יָמִים (yamim, “seas”), or emend the plural form רְחֹקִים (rÿkhoqim, “far”) to the singular רָחֹק (rakhoq). In this case the final mem (ם) could be treated as dittographic; note the mem on the beginning of the first word in v. 6.

[56:1]  4 sn Psalm 56. Despite the threats of his enemies, the psalmist is confident the Lord will keep his promise to protect and deliver him.

[56:1]  5 tn The literal meaning of this phrase is “silent dove, distant ones.” Perhaps it refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a type of musical instrument.

[56:1]  6 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16 and 57-60 is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[56:1]  7 sn According to the superscription, David wrote this psalm when the Philistines seized him and took him to King Achish of Gath (see 1 Sam 21:11-15).

[56:1]  8 tn According to BDB 983 s.v. II שָׁאַף, the verb is derived from שָׁאַף (shaaf, “to trample, crush”) rather than the homonymic verb “pant after.”

[56:1]  9 tn Heb “a fighter.” The singular is collective for his enemies (see vv. 5-6). The Qal of לָחַם (lakham, “fight”) also occurs in Ps 35:1.

[56:1]  10 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the continuing nature of the enemies’ attacks.



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