Mazmur 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ¹ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ² 

Mazmur 147:6

147:6 The Lord lifts up the oppressed,

but knocks ³  the wicked to the ground.

Mazmur 147:17

147:17 He throws his hailstones ⁴  like crumbs.

Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? ⁵ 

[63:9]  ¹ tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.

[63:9]  ² sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.

[147:6]  ³ tn Heb “brings down.”

[147:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “his ice.”

[147:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “Before his cold, who can stand?”