Psalms 80:9

80:9 You cleared the ground for it; ¹ 

it took root, ² 

and filled the land.

Psalms 52:5

52:5 Yet ³  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ⁴ 

He will scoop you up ⁵  and remove you from your home; ⁶ 

he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

[80:9]  ¹ tn Heb “you cleared away before it.”

[80:9]  ² tn Heb “and it took root [with] its roots.”

[52:5]  ³ tn The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response.

[52:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “will tear you down forever.”

[52:5]  ⁵ tn This rare verb (חָתָה, khatah) occurs only here and in Prov 6:27; 25:22; Isa 30:14.

[52:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “from [your] tent.”