119:148 My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours,
so that I can meditate on your word.
56:2 Those who anticipate my defeat 1 attack me all day long.
Indeed, 2 many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. 3
1 tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 59:10.
2 tn Or “for.”
3 tn Some take the Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “on high; above”) as an adverb modifying the preceding participle and translate, “proudly” (cf. NASB; NIV “in their pride”). The present translation assumes the term is a divine title here. The