37:32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly
and try to kill them. 1
119:95 The wicked prepare to kill me, 2
yet I concentrate on your rules.
139:19 If only 3 you would kill the wicked, O God!
Get away from me, you violent men! 4
1 tn Heb “an evil [one] watches the godly [one] and seeks to kill him.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The active participles describe characteristic behavior.
2 tn Heb “the wicked wait for me to kill me.”
3 tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).
4 tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”