Mazmur 37:22

37:22 Surely ¹  those favored by the Lord ²  will possess the land,

but those rejected ³  by him will be wiped out. ⁴ 

Mazmur 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ⁵ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ⁶ 

[37:22]  ¹ tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.

[37:22]  ² tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:22]  ³ tn Heb “cursed.”

[37:22]  ⁴ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).

[63:9]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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.