Mazmur 89:50

89:50 Take note, O Lord, ¹  of the way your servants are taunted, ² 

and of how I must bear so many insults from people! ³ 

Yesaya 42:3

42:3 A crushed reed he will not break,

a dim wick he will not extinguish; ⁴ 

he will faithfully make just decrees. ⁵ 

[89:50]  ¹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss read here יְהוָה (yehvah, “the Lord”).

[89:50]  ² tn Heb “remember, O Lord, the taunt against your servants.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the singular here, “your servant” (that is, the psalmist).

[89:50]  ³ tn Heb “my lifting up in my arms [or “against my chest”] all of the many, peoples.” The term רַבִּים (rabbim, “many”) makes no apparent sense here. For this reason some emend the text to רִבֵי (rivey, “attacks by”), a defectively written plural construct form of רִיב (riv, “dispute; quarrel”).

[42:3]  ⁴ sn The “crushed reed” and “dim wick” symbolize the weak and oppressed who are on the verge of extinction.

[42:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “faithfully he will bring out justice” (cf. NASB, NRSV).