Mazmur 69:32

69:32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!

You who seek God, ¹  may you be encouraged! ² 

Mazmur 85:3

85:3 You withdrew all your fury;

you turned back from your raging anger. ³ 

[69:32]  ¹ sn You who seek God refers to those who seek to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him (see Ps 53:2).

[69:32]  ² tn Heb “may your heart[s] live.” See Ps 22:26.

[85:3]  ³ tn Heb “the rage of your anger.” The phrase “rage of your anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81. See Pss 69:24; 78:49.