17:13 Rise up, Lord!
Confront him! 1 Knock him down! 2
Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man! 3
74:18 Remember how 4 the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, 5
and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!
For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm.
85:1 O Lord, you showed favor to your land;
you restored the well-being of Jacob. 7
ת (Tav)
119:169 Listen to my cry for help, 8 O Lord!
Give me insight by your word!
1 tn Heb “Be in front of his face.”
2 tn Or “bring him to his knees.”
3 tn Heb “rescue my life from the wicked [one] [by] your sword.”
4 tn Heb “remember this.”
5 tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the
6 sn Psalm 85. God’s people recall how he forgave their sins in the past, pray that he might now restore them to his favor, and anticipate renewed blessings.
7 tn Heb “you turned with a turning [toward] Jacob.” The Hebrew term שְׁבוּת (shÿvut) is apparently a cognate accusative of שׁוּב (shuv). See Pss 14:7; 53:6.
8 tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”