38:14 I am like a man who cannot hear
and is incapable of arguing his defense. 1
83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,
or the flames that consume the mountainsides, 2
107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, 3
those whom he delivered 4 from the power 5 of the enemy,
115:17 The dead do not praise the Lord,
nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. 6
141:9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,
and the traps the evildoers have set. 7
1 tn Heb “and there is not in his mouth arguments.”
2 sn The imagery of fire and flames suggests unrelenting, destructive judgment.
3 tn Or “let the redeemed of the
4 tn Or “redeemed.”
5 tn Heb “hand.”
6 tn Heb “silence,” a metonymy here for death (see Ps 94:17).
7 tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”