Mazmur 22:14

22:14 My strength drains away like water; ¹ 

all my bones are dislocated;

my heart ²  is like wax;

it melts away inside me.

Mazmur 144:7

144:7 Reach down ³  from above!

Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, ⁴ 

from the power of foreigners, ⁵ 

[22:14]  ¹ tn Heb “like water I am poured out.”

[22:14]  ² sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s strength and courage.

[144:7]  ³ tn Heb “stretch out your hands.”

[144:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful foreign enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see the next line and Ps 18:16-17).

[144:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”