Mazmur 106:10

106:10 He delivered them from the power ¹  of the one who hated them,

and rescued ²  them from the power ³  of the enemy.

Mazmur 21:8

21:8 You ⁴  prevail over ⁵  all your enemies;

your power is too great for those who hate you. ⁶ 

[106:10]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[106:10]  ² tn Or “redeemed.”

[106:10]  ³ tn Heb “hand.”

[21:8]  ⁴ tn The king is now addressed. One could argue that the Lord is still being addressed, but v. 9 militates against this proposal, for there the Lord is mentioned in the third person and appears to be distinct from the addressee (unless, of course, one takes “Lord” in v. 9 as vocative; see the note on “them” in v. 9b). Verse 7 begins this transition to a new addressee by referring to both the king and the Lord in the third person (in vv. 1-6 the Lord is addressed and only the king referred to in the third person).

[21:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “your hand finds.” The idiom pictures the king grabbing hold of his enemies and defeating them (see 1 Sam 23:17). The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 8-12 may be translated with the future tense, as long as the future is understood as generalizing.

[21:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “your right hand finds those who hate you.”