Mazmur 73:18

73:18 Surely ¹  you put them in slippery places;

you bring them down ²  to ruin.

Mazmur 90:7

90:7 Yes, ³  we are consumed by your anger;

we are terrified by your wrath.

[73:18]  ¹ tn The use of the Hebrew term אַךְ (’akh, “surely”) here literarily counteracts its use in v. 13. The repetition draws attention to the contrast between the two statements, the first of which expresses the psalmist’s earlier despair and the second his newly discovered confidence.

[73:18]  ² tn Heb “cause them to fall.”

[90:7]  ³ tn Or “for.”