Psalms 7:13

7:13 He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; ¹ 

he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows. ² 

Psalms 7:15

7:15 he digs a pit ³ 

and then falls into the hole he has made. ⁴ 

Psalms 15:2

15:2 Whoever lives a blameless life, ⁵ 

does what is right,

and speaks honestly. ⁶ 

Psalms 59:2

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ⁷ 

Rescue me from violent men! ⁸ 

Psalms 64:2

64:2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,

from the crowd of evildoers. ⁹ 

Psalms 74:12

74:12 But God has been my ¹⁰  king from ancient times,

performing acts of deliverance on the earth. ¹¹ 

Psalms 94:4

94:4 They spew out threats ¹²  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ¹³ 

Psalms 141:9

141:9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,

and the traps the evildoers have set. ¹⁴ 

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and for him he prepares the weapons of death.”

[7:13]  ² tn Heb “his arrows into flaming [things] he makes.”

[7:15]  ³ tn Heb “a pit he digs and he excavates it.” Apparently the imagery of hunting is employed; the wicked sinner digs this pit to entrap and destroy his intended victim. The redundancy in the Hebrew text has been simplified in the translation.

[7:15]  ⁴ tn The verb forms in vv. 15-16 describe the typical behavior and destiny of those who attempt to destroy others. The image of the evildoer falling into the very trap he set for his intended victim emphasizes the appropriate nature of God’s judgment.

[15:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “one who walks blamelessly.”

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “one who speaks truth in his heart”; or “one who speaks truth [that is] in his heart.” This apparently refers to formulating a truthful statement in one’s mind and then honestly revealing that statement in one’s speech.

[59:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”

[64:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[74:12]  ¹¹ tn The psalmist speaks as Israel’s representative here.

[74:12]  ¹² tn Heb “in the midst of the earth.”

[94:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”

[94:4]  ¹⁴ tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).

[141:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”