Mazmur 9:12
Konteks9:12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; 1
he did not overlook 2 their cry for help 3
Mazmur 22:27
Konteks22:27 Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! 4
Let all the nations 5 worship you! 6
Mazmur 109:16
Konteks109:16 For he never bothered to show kindness; 7
he harassed the oppressed and needy,
and killed the disheartened. 8
[9:12] 1 tn Heb “for the one who seeks shed blood remembered them.” The idiomatic expression “to seek shed blood” seems to carry the idea “to seek payment/restitution for one’s shed blood.” The plural form דָּמִים (damim, “shed blood”) occurs only here as the object of דָּרַשׁ (darash); the singular form דָּם (dam, “blood”) appears with the verb in Gen 9:5; 42:22; Ezek 33:6. “Them,” the pronominal object of the verb “remembered,” refers to the oppressed, mentioned specifically in the next line, so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[9:12] 2 tn Heb “did not forget.”
[9:12] 3 tn Heb “the cry for help of the oppressed.” In this context the “oppressed” are the psalmist and those he represents, whom the hostile nations have threatened.
[22:27] 4 tn Heb “may all the ends of the earth remember and turn to the
[22:27] 5 tn Heb “families of the nations.”
[22:27] 6 tn Heb “before you.”
[109:16] 7 tn Heb “he did not remember to do loyal love.”
[109:16] 8 tn Heb “and he chased an oppressed and needy man, and one timid of heart to put [him] to death.”