22:26 Let the oppressed eat and be filled! 1
Let those who seek his help praise the Lord!
May you 2 live forever!
78:49 His raging anger lashed out against them, 3
He sent fury, rage, and trouble
as messengers who bring disaster. 4
1 sn Eat and be filled. In addition to praising the Lord, the psalmist also offers a thank offering to the Lord and invites others to share in a communal meal.
2 tn Heb “may your heart[s].”
3 tn Heb “he sent against them the rage of his anger.” The phrase “rage of his anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.
4 tn Heb “fury and indignation and trouble, a sending of messengers of disaster.”