18:27 For you deliver oppressed 1 people,
but you bring down those who have a proud look. 2
36:2 for he is too proud
to recognize and give up his sin. 3
73:3 For I envied those who are proud,
as I observed 4 the prosperity 5 of the wicked.
89:9 You rule over the proud sea. 6
When its waves surge, 7 you calm them.
89:10 You crushed the Proud One 8 and killed it; 9
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!
Pay back the proud!
1 tn Or perhaps, “humble” (note the contrast with those who are proud).
2 tn Heb “but proud eyes you bring low.” 2 Sam 22:28 reads, “your eyes [are] upon the proud, [whom] you bring low.”
3 tn Heb “for it causes to be smooth to him in his eyes to find his sin to hate.” The meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. Perhaps the point is this: His rebellious attitude makes him reject any notion that God will hold him accountable. His attitude also prevents him from recognizing and repudiating his sinful ways.
4 tn The imperfect verbal form here depicts the action as continuing in a past time frame.
5 tn Heb “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
6 tn Heb “the majesty of the sea.”
7 tn Heb “rise up.”
8 tn Heb “Rahab.” The name “Rahab” means “proud one.” Since it is sometimes used of Egypt (see Ps 87:4; Isa 30:7), the passage may allude to the exodus. However, the name is also used of the sea (or the mythological sea creature) which symbolizes the disruptive forces of the world that seek to replace order with chaos (see Job 9:13; 26:12). Isa 51:9 appears to combine the mythological and historical referents. The association of Rahab with the sea in Ps 89 (see v. 9) suggests that the name carries symbolic force in this context. In this case the passage may allude to creation (see vv. 11-12), when God overcame the great deep and brought order out of chaos.
9 tn Heb “like one fatally wounded.”