Mazmur 92:11-13

92:11 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; ¹ 

I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. ² 

92:12 The godly ³  grow like a palm tree;

they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. ⁴ 

92:13 Planted in the Lord’s house,

they grow in the courts of our God.

[92:11]  ¹ tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).

[92:11]  ² tn Heb “those who rise up against me, evil [foes], my ears hear.”

[92:12]  ³ tn The singular is used in a representative sense, with the typical godly person being in view.

[92:12]  ⁴ sn The cedars of the Lebanon forest were well-known in ancient Israel for their immense size.