Mazmur 38:14

38:14 I am like a man who cannot hear

and is incapable of arguing his defense. ¹ 

Mazmur 83:14

83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,

or the flames that consume the mountainsides, ² 

Mazmur 107:2

107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, ³ 

those whom he delivered ⁴  from the power ⁵  of the enemy,

Mazmur 115:17

115:17 The dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. ⁶ 

Mazmur 141:9

141:9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,

and the traps the evildoers have set. ⁷ 

[38:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and there is not in his mouth arguments.”

[83:14]  ² sn The imagery of fire and flames suggests unrelenting, destructive judgment.

[107:2]  ³ tn Or “let the redeemed of the Lord say [so].”

[107:2]  ⁴ tn Or “redeemed.”

[107:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “hand.”

[115:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “silence,” a metonymy here for death (see Ps 94:17).

[141:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”