Mazmur 21:12

21:12 For you make them retreat ¹ 

when you shoot your arrows at them. ² 

Mazmur 35:4

35:4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!

May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! ³ 

Mazmur 44:10

44:10 You made us retreat ⁴  from the enemy.

Those who hate us take whatever they want from us. ⁵ 

Mazmur 77:19

77:19 You walked through the sea; ⁶ 

you passed through the surging waters, ⁷ 

but left no footprints. ⁸ 

Mazmur 78:71

78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, ⁹ 

and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,

and of Israel, his chosen nation. ¹⁰ 

[21:12]  ¹ tn Heb “you make them a shoulder,” i.e., “you make them turn and run, showing the back of their neck and shoulders.”

[21:12]  ² tn Heb “with your bowstrings you fix against their faces,” i.e., “you fix your arrows on the bowstrings to shoot at them.”

[35:4]  ³ tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See also the distinct jussive form in v. 6.

[44:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “you caused us to turn backward.”

[44:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6).

[77:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the sea [was] your way.”

[77:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “and your paths [were] in the mighty waters.”

[77:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your footprints were not known.”

[78:71]  ⁹ tn Heb “from after the ewes he brought him.”

[78:71]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.”