2:3 They say, 1 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! 2
Let’s free ourselves from 3 their ropes!”
31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, 4
“I am cut off from your presence!” 5
But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
60:6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: 6
“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem;
the Valley of Succoth I will measure off. 7
88:5 adrift 8 among the dead,
like corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power. 9
108:7 God has spoken in his sanctuary: 10
“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem,
the valley of Succoth I will measure off. 11
109:13 May his descendants 12 be cut off! 13
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 14
1 tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The quotation represents the words of the rebellious kings.
2 tn Heb “their (i.e., the
3 tn Heb “throw off from us.”
4 tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”
5 tn Heb “from before your eyes.”
6 tn Heb “in his holy place.”
7 sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan, the Valley of Succoth for the region east of the Jordan.
8 tn Heb “set free.”
9 tn Heb “from your hand.”
10 tn Heb “in his holy place.”
11 sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan River; the valley of Succoth represents the region east of the Jordan.
12 tn Or “offspring.”
13 sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.
14 tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”