34:2 I will boast 1 in the Lord;
let the oppressed hear and rejoice! 2
109:19 May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, 3
or a belt 4 one wears continually!
1 tn Heb “my soul will boast”; or better, “let my soul boast.” Following the cohortative form in v. 1, it is likely that the prefixed verbal form here is jussive.
2 tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3).
3 tn Heb “may it be for him like a garment one puts on.”
4 tn The Hebrew noun מֵזַח (mezakh, “belt; waistband”) occurs only here in the OT. The form apparently occurs in Isa 23:10 as well, but an emendation is necessary there.