27:12 Do not turn me over to my enemies, 1
for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me. 2
144:11 Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, 3
who speak lies,
and make false promises. 4
1 tn Heb “do not give me over to the desire of my enemies.”
2 tn Heb “for they have risen up against me, lying witnesses and a testifier of violence.” The form יָפֵחַ (yafeakh) is traditionally understood as a verb meaning “snort, breathe out”: “for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty” (KJV; cf. BDB 422 s.v.). A better option is to take the form as a noun meaning “a witness” (or “testifier”). See Prov 6:19; 12:17; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9, and Hab 2:3.
3 tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”
4 tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” See v. 8 where the same expression occurs.