Nehemia 2:17

2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

Mazmur 62:4

62:4 They ¹  spend all their time planning how to bring him ²  down. ³ 

They love to use deceit; ⁴ 

they pronounce blessings with their mouths,

but inwardly they utter curses. ⁵  (Selah)

Mazmur 80:13

80:13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ⁶ 

the insects ⁷  of the field feed on it.

[62:4]  ¹ tn That is, the psalmist’s enemies addressed in the previous verse.

[62:4]  ² tn That is, the generic “man” referred to in the previous verse.

[62:4]  ³ tn Heb “only from his lofty place [or perhaps, “dignity”] they plan to drive [him] away.”

[62:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “they delight [in] a lie.”

[62:4]  ⁵ sn The enemies use deceit to bring down their victim. They make him think they are his friends by pronouncing blessings upon him, but inwardly they desire his demise.

[80:13]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb כִּרְסֵם (kirsem, “to eat away; to ruin”) occurs only here in the OT.

[80:13]  ⁷ tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word translated “insects,” which occurs only here and in Ps 50:11, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic, and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.