132:3 He said, 1 “I will not enter my own home, 2
or get into my bed. 3
139:19 If only 4 you would kill the wicked, O God!
Get away from me, you violent men! 5
1 tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows is David’s vow.
2 tn Heb “the tent of my house.”
3 tn Heb “go up upon the bed of my couch.”
4 tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).
5 tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”