Mazmur 18:38

18:38 I beat them ¹  to death; ² 

they fall at my feet. ³ 

Mazmur 41:8

41:8 They say, ⁴ 

‘An awful disease ⁵  overwhelms him, ⁶ 

and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’ ⁷ 

Mazmur 78:6

78:6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born,

might know about them.

They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. ⁸ 

Mazmur 88:8

88:8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;

you make me an appalling sight to them.

I am trapped and cannot get free. ⁹ 

Mazmur 88:10

88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?

Do the departed spirits ¹⁰  rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

Mazmur 102:10

102:10 because of your anger and raging fury.

Indeed, ¹¹  you pick me up and throw me away.

[18:38]  ¹ tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”

[18:38]  ² tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”

[18:38]  ³ sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.

[41:8]  ⁴ tn The words “they say” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to make it clear that v. 8 contains a quotation of what the psalmist’s enemies say about him (see v. 7a).

[41:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “thing of worthlessness.” In Ps 101:3 the phrase refers to evil deeds in general, but here it appears to refer more specifically to the illness that plagues the psalmist.

[41:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “is poured out on him.” The passive participle of יָצַק (yatsaq) is used.

[41:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he who lies down will not again arise.”

[78:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.”

[88:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “[I am] confined and I cannot go out.”

[88:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).

[102:10]  ¹¹ tn Or “for.”