Mazmur 35:8

35:8 Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹ 

Let the net they hid catch them!

Let them fall into destruction! ² 

Mazmur 139:12

139:12 even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, ³ 

and the night is as bright as ⁴  day;

darkness and light are the same to you. ⁵ 

[35:8]  ¹ tn Heb “let destruction [which] he does not know come to him.” The singular is used of the enemy in v. 8, probably in a representative or collective sense. The psalmist has more than one enemy, as vv. 1-7 make clear.

[35:8]  ² tn The psalmist’s prayer for his enemies’ demise continues. See vv. 4-6.

[139:12]  ³ tn The words “to see” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[139:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “shines like.”

[139:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “like darkness, like light.”