Psalms 83:3

83:3 They carefully plot ¹  against your people,

and make plans to harm ²  the ones you cherish. ³ 

Psalms 137:9

137:9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies

and smashes them on a rock! ⁴ 

Psalms 119:105

נ (Nun)

119:105 Your word ⁵  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ⁶ 

[83:3]  ¹ tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”

[83:3]  ² tn Heb “and consult together against.”

[83:3]  ³ tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”

[137:9]  ⁴ sn For other references to the wholesale slaughter of babies in the context of ancient Near Eastern warfare, see 2 Kgs 8:12; Isa 13:16; Hos 13:16; Nah 3:10.

[119:105]  ⁷ tn Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural (“words”).

[119:105]  ⁸ tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”