Mazmur 18:45

18:45 foreigners lose their courage; ¹ 

they shake with fear ²  as they leave ³  their strongholds. ⁴ 

Mazmur 78:26

78:26 He brought the east wind through the sky,

and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Mazmur 118:18

118:18 The Lord severely ⁵  punished me,

but he did not hand me over to death.

Mazmur 119:93

119:93 I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have revived me.

Mazmur 132:16

132:16 I will protect her priests, ⁶ 

and her godly people will shout exuberantly. ⁷ 

[18:45]  ¹ tn Heb “wither, wear out.”

[18:45]  ² tn The meaning of חָרַג (kharag, “shake”) is established on the basis of cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. 2 Sam 22:46 reads חָגַר (khagar), which might mean here, “[they] come limping” (on the basis of a cognate in postbiblical Hebrew). The normal meaning for חָגַר (“gird”) makes little sense here.

[18:45]  ³ tn Heb “from.”

[18:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “their prisons.” The besieged cities of the foreigners are compared to prisons.

[118:18]  ⁵ tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following verbal idea.

[132:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and her priests I will clothe [with] deliverance.”

[132:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “[with] shouting they will shout.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.